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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9985 Desert Solitaire Steve Roach · 1989 74.760

9986 The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth Skyclad · Noise International · 1991 74.760

9987 Man Amplified Clock DVA · Contempo Records · 1992 74.760

9988 Anthology Pentatonik · Deviant Records · 1995 74.760

9989 Who Can I Turn to Stereo Nurse With Wound · United Dairies · 1996 74.760

9990 Hymns of Indigestible Suppuration Last Days of Humanity · Bones Brigade · 2000 74.760

9991

Temps mort Booba · 45 Scientific · 2002 74.760

9992 Lost Alone mind.in.a.box · 2004 74.760

9993 Hicksville Remastered & Remixed Celtic Cross · Liquid Sound Design · 2009 74.760

9994 Septembre et ses dernières pensées Les Discrets · Prophecy Productions · 2010 74.760

9995 Viljans öga Änglagård · 2012 74.760

9996 The Lucid Collective Archspire · Season of Mist · 2014 74.760

9997 Old Dan’s Records Gordon Lightfoot · Rhino · 1972 74.740

9998 When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima David Sylvian · Samadhisound · 2007 74.740

9999

The Lord of Steel Manowar · Magic Circle Entertainment · 2012 74.740

10000

My Favorite Things The Dave Brubeck Quartet · Columbia · 1966 74.700

10001 Changes Two Charles Mingus · Atlantic · 1975 74.700

10002 Intervals Ahmad Jamal · 20th Century-Fox Records · 1980 74.700

10003 Your Wish Is My Command Lakeside · Solar · 1981 74.700

10004 No Time Like the Future Incognito · Talkin’ Loud · 1999 74.700

10005 Engineering the Dead Aborted · Listenable Records · 2001 74.700

10006

LemonOrange The Youngsters · F Communications · 2001 74.700

10007 A Promise Xiu Xiu · 5 Rue Christine · 2003 74.700

10008 Home The Gathering · Noise Records · 2006 74.700