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 4257

102145

88 Keys & Counting Grieves · Rhymesayers Entertainment · 2010 4.400

102146 Carlos do Carmo & Bernardo Sassetti Carlos do Carmo · Mercury Records · 2010 4.400

102147 Amurekimuri Amurekimuri · 2010 4.400

102148

The Ladder Andrew Belle · 2010 4.400

102149 Love to Beg Dana Fuchs · Ruf · 2011 4.400

102150 Desolate Isolation Skeletal Remains · Maltkross · 2011 4.400

102151 Strange Hearts Secret Cities · Western Vinyl · 2011 4.400

102152 Sunrise Sessions Kottonmouth Kings · Suburban Noize Records · 2011 4.400

102153 Uniko Kronos Quartet · Ondine · 2011 4.400

102154

Jouer dehors Mademoiselle K · EMI Music France · 2011 4.400

102155 The Suffering Joy Magic Pie · Progress Records · 2011 4.400

102156 Stranger Ballet The Poison Control Center · Afternoon Records · 2011 4.400

102157

Americana Rose Hill Drive · 2011 4.400

102158

Yesterday Once More - A Tribute to the Music of the Carpenters Jim Brickman · Green Hill · 2011 4.400

102159 Beats & Bruises Miss Li · National · 2011 4.400

102160 Alles ist möglich Roland Kaiser · Gloriella Music · 2011 4.400

102161 Walden Pond's Monk Tiago Sousa · 2011 4.400

102162

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds · Sour Mash · 2011 4.400

102163 Toxischer Beton Fatal · DePeKa Records · 2011 4.400

102164 The Anatomy of Melancholy Pleq · Somehow Recordings · 2011 4.400

102165

Birdy Birdy · Atlantic · 2011 4.400

102166 Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus · Beer on the Rug · 2011 4.400

102167 Destroyed Moby · Little Idiot · 2011 4.400

102168

Conditions of My Parole Puscifer · Puscifer Entertainment · 2011 4.400