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 440

10537 Hope and Despair Edwyn Collins · 1989 72.090

10538 Songs Luther Vandross · Epic · 1994 72.090

10539

Catch Without Arms dredg · Interscope Records · 2005 72.090

10540 One Time for All Time 65daysofstatic · Monotreme Records · 2005 72.090

10541 Revival John Fogerty · Fantasy · 2007 72.090

10542

Ninja Tuna Mr. Scruff · Ninja Tune · 2008 72.090

10543 Perfused Fluxion · Echocord · 2010 72.090

10544

I Am Very Far Okkervil River · Jagjaguwar · 2011 72.090

10545 The Auction David Axelrod · Decca Records · 1972 72.090

10546 Ripple Ripple · GRC · 1973 72.090

10547 Take It to the Limit Norman Connors · Arista · 1980 72.090

10548

Clean Sweep Bobby Broom · GRP · 1981 72.090

10549 Mrtva priroda Riblja čorba · PGP-RTB · 1981 72.090

10550 Блок ада Группа «Алиса» · Мелодия · 1989 72.090

10551 Rain Tree Crow Rain Tree Crow · Virgin · 1991 72.090

10552

Godless Beauty Cemetary · Black Mark · 1993 72.090

10553 Frugivore The Bionaut · Eat Raw · 1993 72.090

10554 The White Birch Codeine · Sub Pop Records · 1994 72.090

10555

Flowerhead DATacide · Rather Interesting · 1995 72.090

10556 4AM Friday Avail · Lookout! Records · 1996 72.090

10557 Lust Depth Charge · D.C. Recordings · 1999 72.090

10558 Walking Through Kaya Project · LoveCat Music · 2004 72.090

10559 Envaatnags Eflos Solf Esgantaavne Horna · Blut & Eisen Productions · 2005 72.090

10560 Wrong One to Fuck With Dying Fetus · Relapse Records · 2017 72.090