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 419

10033 Stop Pretending The Pandoras · Rhino · 1986 74.620

10034

Boys in Heat Britny Fox · CBS/Sony · 1989 74.620

10035 Ten Spot Shudder to Think · Dischord Records · 1990 74.620

10036 Ende Neu Einstürzende Neubauten · Our Choice · 1996 74.620

10037

Fountains of Wayne Fountains of Wayne · Atlantic · 1996 74.620

10038 Monsters and Robots Buckethead · CyberOctave · 1999 74.620

10039 Make Love, and War: The Wedlock of Equilibrium Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio · Cold Meat Industry · 2001 74.620

10040 Select Savvas Ysatis · Tresor · 2001 74.620

10041 Sensual Steve Bug · Poker Flat Recordings · 2002 74.620

10042 Oaklandazulasylum WHY? · anticon. · 2003 74.620

10043 Echoes of Decimation Origin · Relapse Records · 2005 74.620

10044

Tag ohne Schatten Razzia · Weird System · 1983 74.620

10045 Stationen einer Sucht Sandow · AMIGA · 1989 74.620

10046 The Years of Decay Overkill · Atlantic · 1989 74.620

10047 Generation Star Wars Alec Empire · Mille Plateaux · 1994 74.620

10048 Little Green Lights and Four Inch Faders John Tejada · A13 · 1998 74.620

10049 Trying to Remember Deru · 2004 74.620

10050 Assagai Assagai · Vertigo · 1971 74.520

10051 Robinson: Come salvarsi la vita Roberto Vecchioni · 1979 74.520

10052 Protectors of the Lair Griffin · Steamhammer · 1986 74.520

10053 The Second Generation The New World Order · Muzique Records · 1992 74.520

10054

No Rules Growling Mad Scientists · Spirit Zone Recordings · 2002 74.520

10055 Barrett Syd Barrett · Harvest · 1970 74.520

10056 Signal to Noise Robert Henke · Imbalance Computer Music · 2004 74.520