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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97249 Gloria Disillusion · Metal Blade Records · 2006 5.180

97250 I Am the Dust Scouts Honor · No Idea Records · 2006 5.180

97251 Shores Circle of Ouroborus · Heidens Hart Records · 2006 5.180

97252 The Orange Album Stefy · Wind‐up · 2006 5.180

97253 Stop the Tape! Stop the Tape! David & the Citizens · Bad Taste Records · 2006 5.180

97254 Hellbound and Heartless The Heart Attacks · Hellcat Records · 2006 5.180

97255

Dead People's Choice Blue Foundation · Virgin Music Denmark · 2006 5.180

97256 A Different Beat CUT · Homesleep Music · 2006 5.180

97257 Neighbourhell Eldritch · Limb Music Products · 2006 5.180

97258 Fort Recovery Centro-Matic · Misra · 2006 5.180

97259 The Cake Sale The Cake Sale · Yep Roc Records · 2006 5.180

97260 Displaced The Neil Cowley Trio · 2006 5.180

97261

Loose Nelly Furtado · Geffen Records · 2006 5.180

97262 In Towers and Clouds The Immediate · Fantastic Plastic Records · 2006 5.180

97263 Start to Move Elizabeth Shepherd Trio · Do Right! Music · 2006 5.180

97264 The Wind-Up Memfis · 2006 5.180

97265 Pink Stalingrad Campbell Kneale · Celebrate Psi Phenomenon · 2006 5.180

97266 Photoplay Jadis · Inside Out Music · 2006 5.180

97267 Soft Machine Teddybears · Atlantic · 2006 5.180

97268 The Swing Sessions 2 David Campbell · Columbia · 2007 5.180

97269 Jetzt erst recht LaFee · EMI · 2007 5.180

97270 Les heures de raison Soy Un Caballo · Matamore · 2007 5.180

97271 The Sad Machina Mechanical Moth · 2007 5.180

97272 Saw You Dancing The Hermit Crabs · Matinée Recordings · 2007 5.180