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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94369 Year of the Snake Fly · ECM Records · 2012 5.600

94370

At the Down-Turned Jagged Rim of the Sky Jessica Bailiff · kranky · 2012 5.600

94371 Public Execution Silent Scream · Stupido Records · 2012 5.600

94372

Strapped The Soft Pack · Mexican Summer · 2012 5.600

94373 Overworld Savant · 2012 5.600

94374 Music From Another Dimension! Aerosmith · Columbia · 2012 5.600

94375

Kiss Carly Rae Jepsen · Interscope Records · 2012 5.600

94376

Wakeful Chill Wylhelm · Gliese 581C · 2012 5.600

94377 The Beautiful Wild Jenn Grant · Six Shooter Records · 2012 5.600

94378 Where Do You Go to Disappear? Tina Dickow · Finest Gramophone · 2012 5.600

94379 The 2 Mousquetaires The Inspector Cluzo · Fuckthebassplayer Records · 2012 5.600

94380

The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here Alice in Chains · Capitol Records · 2013 5.600

94381 Athens Saturday Jandek · Corwood Industries · 2013 5.600

94382 I’m in Your Mind Fuzz King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard · Castle Face Records · 2014 5.600

94383 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1: Original Motion Picture Score James Newton Howard · Republic Records · 2014 5.600

94384 Odyssey HOME · Eye Witness Records · 2014 5.600

94385 South Wind, Clear Sky Mark Fry · 2014 5.600

94386 Pöllöt Pöllöt · 2014 5.600

94387 Das Beste Leo Rojas · Ariola · 2015 5.600

94388 Rise to Infamy Cowards · 2015 5.600

94389 The Fall of Hearts Katatonia · Peaceville · 2016 5.600

94390 Return to the Sauce Infected Mushroom · HOM-Mega Productions · 2017 5.600

94391 Suspended Second The Granite Shore · 2017 5.600

94392 The Have-Nots Adrian Corker · 2017 5.600