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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82777 Spot the Difference Squeeze · Valley Entertainment · 2010 7.800

82778 Worried About the Fire Aaron Martin · Experimedia · 2010 7.800

82779 Sur mes gardes Joyce Jonathan · Warner Music Taiwan · 2010 7.800

82780 Dragon Man Marco Bailey · Bedrock Records · 2011 7.800

82781 Standing on the Rooftop Madeleine Peyroux · EmArcy · 2011 7.800

82782

Cloud Nothings Cloud Nothings · Wichita · 2011 7.800

82783 The Dreamer Etta James · Verve Forecast · 2011 7.800

82784 The World as We Love It Pushking · Armoury Records · 2011 7.800

82785

Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming M83 · Mute · 2011 7.800

82786

Ventriloquizzing Fujiya & Miyagi · Yep Roc Records · 2011 7.800

82787

Collapse Into Now R.E.M. · Warner Bros. Records · 2011 7.800

82788 Yolk Japanese Voyeurs · Fiction · 2011 7.800

82789 Regenrhythmus Marianne Rosenberg · Edel Records · 2011 7.800

82790

Delusions of Grandeur Ef · 2012 7.800

82791

Koi no Yokan Deftones · 2012 7.800

82792 Icon: Heat of the Rising Sun John Wetton · The Store for Music · 2012 7.800

82793

What We Saw From the Cheap Seats Regina Spektor · Sire Records · 2012 7.800

82794

The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories) Steven Wilson · Kscope · 2013 7.800

82795 Dernier MC Kery James · AZ · 2013 7.800

82796 Apnoe Todtgelichter · Aural Music · 2013 7.800

82797 The Fiction Maze Persuader · AVALON · 2013 7.800

82798 Out The Kolors · Baraonda Edizioni Musicali S.R.L. · 2015 7.800

82799 When the Night Comes Breakage · Digital Soundboy · 2015 7.800

82800 Starboy The Weeknd · XO · 2016 7.800