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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8857 The Dark Side of the Moog VII Pete Namlook · FAX +49-69/450464 · 1998 80.840

8858

III: So Long Suckers Reverend Bizarre · Spikefarm Records · 2007 80.840

8859 No Model No Tool Luciano · 2007 80.840

8860 All Eternals Deck The Mountain Goats · Merge Records · 2011 80.840

8861 Gonglot Frog Pocket · Planet Mu · 2005 80.840

8862 Highly Strung Steve Hackett · Charisma · 1983 80.800

8863

Insanity and Genius Gamma Ray · Noise · 1993 80.800

8864

Dulcinea Toad the Wet Sprocket · Columbia · 1994 80.800

8865 Something Like Human Fuel · Epic · 2000 80.800

8866 Chelsea Girl Nico · Verve · 1967 80.750

8867 25 Miles Edwin Starr · 1969 80.750

8868 Hölderlins Traum Hoelderlin · Pilz · 1972 80.750

8869 Sa druge strane jastuka Bajaga & Instruktori · PGP-RTB · 1985 80.750

8870

Laibach Laibach · Ropot · 1985 80.750

8871 Rip It Up Dead or Alive · Epic · 1987 80.750

8872 The Hard Groove Project Ben Sims · Theory Recordings · 1998 80.750

8873 Midnight Magic Kiko · GoodLife · 2001 80.750

8874 Animal Lover The Residents · Mute · 2005 80.750

8875 Bend Me, Shape Me The American Breed · ViViD SOUND · 1968 80.660

8876 Armageddon Prism · Capitol Records · 1979 80.660

8877 Stimmen im Wind Juliane Werding · AMIGA · 1988 80.660

8878

Friends of Hell Witchfinder General · Heavy Metal Records · 1983 80.640

8879 Tropicália 2 Caetano Veloso · Nonesuch · 1993 80.640

8880 Dreadatour ICE MC · 1996 80.640