The Groove

The greatest albums of all time

108,862 albums ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Harvest

Neil Young · Warner Bros. Records · 1972

2,621.940

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62041 Brother's Keeper Fair Warning · AVALON · 2006 13.140

62042

Death Triumphant Setherial · Regain Records · 2006 13.140

62043 Future Women The M's · Polyvinyl · 2006 13.140

62044 Cult of Death Deathchain · Dynamic Arts Records · 2007 13.140

62045 Lead Sails Paper Anchor Atreyu · Roadrunner Records · 2007 13.140

62046 These Are the Good Times People The Presidents of the United States of America · Cooking Vinyl · 2008 13.140

62047 Sisters & Empathy Axelle Red · Tracks · 2009 13.140

62048 Back to Light Bomb the Bass · !K7 · 2010 13.140

62049 No Chocolate Cake Gin Blossoms · 2010 13.140

62050 Full of Hell Howl · Relapse Records · 2010 13.140

62051 Kairos White Hinterland · Dead Oceans · 2010 13.140

62052 The Movie Songbook Sharleen Spiteri · Mercury Records · 2010 13.140

62053 Battle of the Sexes Ludacris · Def Jam Recordings · 2010 13.140

62054 Running Still Charlie Winston · Atmosphériques · 2011 13.140

62055 Safari Disco Club YELLE · V2 · 2011 13.140

62056

The Next Day David Bowie · ISO Records · 2013 13.140

62057 The Awakening P.O.D. · T-Boy Records · 2015 13.140

62058 Freak Out! The Mothers of Invention · Verve · 1966 13.120

62059 Tribute to a Bus 18th Dye · Ché Trading · 1994 13.120

62060 My Blues & My Guitar Bob Margolin · Alligator · 1995 13.120

62061 Songs: Ohia Songs: Ohia · Secretly Canadian · 1997 13.120

62062

Here Lies One Whose Name Was Written in Water Aesma Daeva · Ascension Records · 1999 13.120

62063

Love Poems for Dying Children, Act III: Winter and the Broken Angel Autumn Tears · Dark Symphonies · 2000 13.120

62064 The Cross & the Crucible Pallas · Inside Out Music · 2001 13.120