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?

The full board · page 3856

92521 Por una mujer bonita Pepe Aguilar · 1999 5.840

92522 Voi-La Intruder Gogol Bordello · Sunken Bell Records · 1999 5.840

92523 Graceful… yet Forbidding Callenish Circle · DSFA Records · 1999 5.840

92524 Black Hole Heaven Hannah Marcus · 2000 5.840

92525 Strange Girls Gore Gore Girls · Get Hip Recordings · 2000 5.840

92526 Intik Intik · Saint George · 2000 5.840

92527 Motivo Cubano Cubismo · 2000 5.840

92528 i5 i5 · 2000 5.840

92529 True North Fisher · Interscope Records · 2000 5.840

92530 Brazuca Matraca Wagner Pá & Brazuca Matraca · Orgànic Records · 2000 5.840

92531 Time Will Tell The Cigarres · Burning Heart Records · 2000 5.840

92532 The ConstruKction of Light King Crimson · Discipline Global Mobile · 2000 5.840

92533 Never is Now DJ Swamp · Lakeshore Records · 2001 5.840

92534 Moonlight Whispers Larry Coryell · Pastels · 2001 5.840

92535 002 All India Radio · Inevitable Recordings · 2001 5.840

92536 Cold Desert Moon StormHammer · Century Media · 2001 5.840

92537 That's for Sure Marc Copland · Challenge Records · 2001 5.840

92538 Moment of Truth Trabant · TMT Entertainment · 2001 5.840

92539 Masters of Magic Northwinds · Black Widow Records · 2001 5.840

92540 Light Shines Black Left Hand Solution · Massproduktion · 2001 5.840

92541 Radio Damnation Nunslaughter · 2001 5.840

92542 Trumans Water Trumans Water · Asthmatic Kitty Records · 2001 5.840

92543 Plastic Wood Lloyd Cole · XIII Bis Records · 2001 5.840

92544 Double Bill Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings · Ripple Records · 2001 5.840