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?

The full board · page 2918

70009

ZZYZX Zeromancer · WEA Records · 2003 10.790

70010 1000 Thoughts of Violence Kekal · Fear Dark · 2003 10.790

70011 Precognitive Dissonance Manufactura · Hive Records · 2003 10.790

70012

Aracheend Aphasia · Bloc 46 · 2003 10.790

70013 Four Compositions (GTM) 2000 Anthony Braxton · Delmark Records · 2003 10.790

70014 Natural Instincts Kartagon · Strange Ways Records · 2003 10.790

70015 II The Hara‐Kee‐Rees · 2004 10.790

70016 Four Steps Toward a Cultural Revolution The Beakers · K · 2004 10.790

70017 A Distant Bell Caroline Lavelle · 2004 10.790

70018 The Bridge Letter Kills · Island Mercury · 2004 10.790

70019 A°F Terroritmo · Punch Records · 2004 10.790

70020 The Universe Will Provide Keneally · Favored Nations · 2004 10.790

70021 Stronger Kate Ryan · Magic Records · 2004 10.790

70022 Song of the Traveling Daughter Abigail Washburn · Nettwerk America · 2005 10.790

70023 Conspiritus Ewigkeit · Earache Records · 2005 10.790

70024

Gelb Neuroticfish · Dancing Ferret Discs · 2005 10.790

70025 Embalmer Tapes (Dissected) Aesthetic Meat Front · 2005 10.790

70026 The Return of the Clerkenwell Kid The Real Tuesday Weld · Six Degrees Records · 2005 10.790

70027 So Much for Staying Alive Kristofer Åström & Hidden Truck · 2005 10.790

70028 The Possibility and the Promise Amber Pacific · Hopeless Records · 2005 10.790

70029 The Sun Never Sets The Herd · Elefant Traks · 2005 10.790

70030 The Heritage Orchestra The Heritage Orchestra · Brownswood Recordings · 2006 10.790

70031 Fairytales and Reality Dionysus · AFM Records · 2006 10.790

70032

Unblessed Woods Elffor · 2006 10.790