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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8665 The Unstable Molecule Isotope 217 · Thrill Jockey · 1997 81.840

8666 Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow! Orchid · Ebullition Records · 2000 81.840

8667 Container Lackluster · deFocus · 2000 81.840

8668 Awakening Hiroshi Sato · Alfa · 1982 81.840

8669 Hazardous Godfather Don · Select Records · 1991 81.840

8670

Permafrost Thomas Köner · Barooni · 1993 81.840

8671 The Inalienable Dreamless Discordance Axis · Hydra Head Records · 2000 81.840

8672 The Friends of Mr. Cairo Jon and Vangelis · Polydor · 1981 81.810

8673

A Monument of Trust The Essence · Midnight Music · 1988 81.810

8674

On Air Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo · URBAN · 1996 81.810

8675

Sundown Cemetary · Black Mark · 1996 81.810

8676 Killing Puritans Armand van Helden · Armed Records · 2000 81.810

8677 Scarsick Pain of Salvation · Inside Out Music · 2007 81.810

8678

Oh Yeah Charles Mingus · Atlantic · 1962 81.780

8679

Total Eclipse Bobby Hutcherson · Blue Note · 1968 81.780

8680 Flashes Ill Wind · ABC Records · 1968 81.780

8681 Signs of Life Penguin Cafe Orchestra · Editions EG · 1987 81.780

8682 Get Lost (Don't Lie!) These Immortal Souls · Mute · 1987 81.780

8683

The Karelian Isthmus Amorphis · Relapse Records · 1992 81.780

8684 The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions Elvis Costello & The Attractions · 1994 81.780

8685 Conversation Twinz · Def Jam Recordings · 1995 81.780

8686 Reagenz Reagenz · Source Records · 1994 81.780

8687 Ganglion Saltillo · Suspicious Records · 2006 81.780

8688 Now We Are Six Steeleye Span · Chrysalis · 1974 81.760