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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7465 Steps in Time King · CBS · 1984 90.000

7466 UB44 UB40 · DEP International · 1982 90.000

7467 Tubthumper Chumbawamba · Republic Records · 1997 90.000

7468 Blowin’ Gold John Klemmer · Cadet Concept Records · 1969 90.000

7469 Angela Ro Ro Angela Ro Ro · Polydor · 1979 90.000

7470 Serial Human Esem · 2003 90.000

7471 Book of Horizons Secret Chiefs 3 · Mimicry Records · 2004 90.000

7472

Death of a Typographer Byetone · Raster‐Noton · 2008 90.000

7473 Greenslade Greenslade · Warner Bros. Records · 1973 89.910

7474 Void De/Vision · WEA Records · 1999 89.910

7475

BE Pain of Salvation · Inside Out Music · 2004 89.910

7476 Shovel Headed Kill Machine Exodus · Nuclear Blast · 2005 89.910

7477 High Contrast Gábor Szabó · Blue Thumb Records · 1971 89.890

7478 Words of Wisdom Dennis Brown · Joe Gibbs · 1979 89.890

7479 Attitude: The ROIR Sessions Bad Brains · In-Effect · 1989 89.890

7480 Das Boot U96 · Polydor · 1992 89.890

7481 The Hive L.S.G. · Superstition · 2002 89.890

7482

Contact Note Jon Hopkins · Just Music · 2004 89.890

7483 Ahí vamos Gustavo Cerati · Norte · 2006 89.890

7484 Deliver the Word War · United Artists · 1973 89.880

7485 Rise Up Like the Sun The Albion Band · Harvest · 1978 89.880

7486 Maior abandonado Barão Vermelho · 1984 89.880

7487 Midnite Dynamite Kix · Atlantic · 1985 89.880

7488 Mekong Delta Mekong Delta · AAARRG Records · 1987 89.880