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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10585 Etherlands Spyra · FAX +49-69/450464 · 1999 72.000

10586

Doubts & Convictions Troublemakers · Guidance Recordings · 2001 72.000

10587 Satyriasis: Somewhere Between Equilibrium and Nihilism Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio · Cold Meat Industry · 2005 72.000

10588 92982 William Basinski · 2062 · 2009 72.000

10589 Shoals Taylor Deupree · 12k · 2010 72.000

10590 Scintilla Stendeck · Tympanik Audio · 2011 72.000

10591

Jam the Box Bill Summers & Summers Heat · MCA Records · 1981 71.890

10592

Tendres Fièvres Alain Chamfort · CBS · 1986 71.890

10593 Blow Your Cool! Hoodoo Gurus · Elektra · 1987 71.890

10594

The Mona Lisa’s Sister Graham Parker · RCA · 1988 71.890

10595 Culture Killed the Native Victory · Metronome · 1989 71.890

10596 Pure Gary Numan · Eagle Records · 2000 71.890

10597

Musica Divinorum Talamasca · Spiral Trax International · 2001 71.890

10598 Catch 22 Hypocrisy · Nuclear Blast · 2002 71.890

10599

The Union Elton John · Decca Records · 2010 71.890

10600 Colombia Colly Jah Lion · Island · 1976 71.890

10601 World War III Mikey Dread · Dread at the Controls · 1980 71.890

10602 Diamanda Galás Diamanda Galás · Metalanguage · 1984 71.890

10603 Gargantuan Spooky · Guerilla · 1993 71.890

10604

Aldebaran Inade · Cold Spring · 1996 71.890

10605 Connections Paul W. Teebrooke · Op-ART · 1997 71.890

10606 A View From a Vulnerable Place Sense · Neo Ouija · 2002 71.890

10607 From Mars to Sirius Gojira · Mon Slip · 2005 71.890

10608 Rocks, Pebbles and Sand Stanley Clarke · Epic · 1980 71.780