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 387

9265 The Will to Death John Frusciante · Record Collection · 2004 78.320

9266 The Garden of Brokenness William Basinski · 2062 · 2005 78.320

9267

Through Bleak Landscapes Herbst9 · Loki Foundation · 2007 78.320

9268 Tempest Trio Tempest Trio · Marlin · 1979 78.300

9269 Besame mucho Topi Sorsakoski · Parlophone · 1987 78.300

9270 Plays Pretty for Baby The Nation of Ulysses · Dischord Records · 1992 78.300

9271 Shellglove Atom Heart · Recent Programmings · 1996 78.300

9272 Visual Audio Sensory Theater VAST · Elektra · 1998 78.300

9273

Heaven or Hell Walkner.Möstl · G-Stone Recordings · 2000 78.300

9274

Turning Season Within Draconian · Evolution Music · 2008 78.300

9275 C I V I L W A R Dillinger Four · Fat Wreck Chords · 2008 78.300

9276 Black Love Carlos Garnett · Muse Records · 1974 78.300

9277

Haus der Lüge Einstürzende Neubauten · Rough Trade · 1989 78.300

9278 Enarc Bitcrush · Component Records · 2004 78.300

9279 Yhä hämärää Paavoharju · 2005 78.300

9280 B/E/A/T/B/O/X Glass Candy · Italians Do It Better · 2007 78.300

9281 Loud and Clear Autograph · RCA · 1987 78.280

9282 Sounds of a Playground Fading In Flames · Century Media · 2011 78.280

9283

I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me James Brown & His Famous Flames · King Records · 1968 78.260

9284 Unlock the Funk Locksmith · Arista · 1980 78.260

9285 Stillborn Malevolent Creation · Roadrunner Records · 1993 78.260

9286 Für uns nicht …But Alive · Weird System · 1993 78.260

9287 III Download · Nettwerk · 1997 78.260

9288 Circumflex Somatic Responses · Hymen Records · 1999 78.260