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

Why this number?

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62689 Extension of the Wish Andromeda · WAR Music · 2001 12.920

62690 Yes Boss Food Corner Trans-Global Underground · ARK 21 · 2001 12.920

62691 Hallowed Apparition Eidolon · Metal Blade Records · 2001 12.920

62692 Back in Town Dax Riders · Subscience · 2001 12.920

62693 The Carnivorous Lunar Activities of Lupine Howl Lupine Howl · Beggars Banquet · 2001 12.920

62694

Music on a Short Thin Wire Brandon LaBelle · Ground Fault Recordings · 2001 12.920

62695 Die Rein Massiv in Mensch · Artoffact Records · 2002 12.920

62696

When Lust Evokes the Curse Autumn · Epic · 2002 12.920

62697 I'm Coming Home Saint Thomas · Misra · 2002 12.920

62698 Blasterpiece Theatre December Wolves · Wicked World · 2002 12.920

62699 American Cheese Nerf Herder · Honest Don’s Records · 2002 12.920

62700 Galleon Galleon · Epic Group Project · 2002 12.920

62701 All Follow Everyone Custom Blue · Universal Island Records · 2002 12.920

62702 Caesar Caesar · Excelsior Recordings · 2003 12.920

62703

Bravo Gazpacho · Intact Records · 2003 12.920

62704 Secret Alphabets Greenleaf · Small Stone Records · 2003 12.920

62705 Savoir & vivre ensemble Kery James · naïve · 2004 12.920

62706 Thy Kingdom Sanctimonious Order · Black Attakk · 2004 12.920

62707 Like Sheep Led to Slaughter Crisis · The End Records · 2004 12.920

62708 Get a Life Stage Dolls · mbn · 2004 12.920

62709 If Songs Could Be Held Rosie Thomas · Sub Pop Records · 2005 12.920

62710 Zero Comfort Margin Circle of Dead Children · Earache Records · 2005 12.920

62711 Chandeliers in the Savannah Neon Blonde · Rogue Records · 2005 12.920

62712 Meister Mephisto Sturmgeist · Season of Mist · 2005 12.920