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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73585

The Redshift Omnium Gatherum · Candlelight Records · 2008 9.840

73586

1977 Ana Tijoux · Oveja Negra · 2009 9.840

73587 I Have Returned Iron Man · Shadow Kingdom Records · 2009 9.840

73588 Datum Musette · Tona Serenad · 2009 9.840

73589

11:11 Rodrigo y Gabriela · ATO Records · 2009 9.840

73590 The Pendle Witch Trials I Shalt Become · No Colours Records · 2009 9.840

73591 The Neighbourhood Tokyo Sex Destruction · 2009 9.840

73592 Demis Demis Roussos · Discograph · 2009 9.840

73593

xx The xx · Young Turks · 2009 9.840

73594

Black Eye Blues Lewd Acts · 2009 9.840

73595 Toivo Jarkko Martikainen · Levy-yhtiö · 2009 9.840

73596

Redemption Ektomorf · AFM Records · 2010 9.840

73597

The Long Surrender Over the Rhine · 2010 9.840

73598 Disco Circus 2 Mighty Mouse · 2010 9.840

73599 Year of Panic Hanoi Janes · Captured Tracks · 2010 9.840

73600 Memoria Lost Area · 2010 9.840

73601

Nomadic Pursuits Yawning Man · 2010 9.840

73602 RIN Listening Mirror · Somehow Recordings · 2010 9.840

73603 L.A Ambition: The Best of AOR 2000–2010 AOR · Escape Music · 2010 9.840

73604 Stearica Invade Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. Stearica · Homeopathic Records · 2010 9.840

73605

Secret Blood Shannon Wright · Vicious Circle · 2010 9.840

73606 Life in the Loading Bay Shriekback · Malicious Damage · 2010 9.840

73607 Extended Versions Berlin · Sony Music Commercial Music Group · 2010 9.840

73608 Mysterious Power Ezra Furman & The Harpoons · Red Parlor · 2011 9.840