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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106849 Скаzки Ежи и Петруччо · Elektrus · 2001 3.520

106850

Amazing Love Mississippi Mass Choir · Malaco Records · 2002 3.520

106851 Seek Knowledge Before Vengeance Midnite · Afrikan Roots Lab · 2002 3.520

106852 Lektion #1 Den Sorte Skole · 2005 3.520

106853 New Drugs for Nuclear Families of the Seventies Milieu · Milieu Music · 2007 3.520

106854 Absolutes Barcelona · Curb Appeal Records · 2007 3.520

106855 Spar With Me Toyan · 17 North Parade · 2007 3.520

106856 Wish I Was All Flames Destroyalldreamers · Where Are My Records · 2007 3.520

106857 Quasar Spherical Disrupted · Audiophob · 2009 3.520

106858 Метаморфозы / Смотри в оба Странные игры · 2009 3.520

106859 Multi Funk Dwayne Omarr · Rephlex · 2011 3.520

106860 Evergreen Ocean Ishq · Virtual · 2016 3.520

106861

A Strangeness In Motion (Early Pop Recordings • 1989-1999) Tor Lundvall · Dais Records · 2019 3.520

106862 Live… In the Heart of the City Whitesnake · United Artists · 1980 3.500

106863 Trouble Trouble · Def American Recordings · 1990 3.500

106864

You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine Death From Above 1979 · VICE Records · 2004 3.500

106865 Within and Without Washed Out · Sub Pop Records · 2011 3.500

106866 World Eater Blanck Mass · Sacred Bones Records · 2017 3.500

106867 Obsidian Paradise Lost · Nuclear Blast · 2020 3.500

106868 Colour by Numbers Culture Club · Virgin · 1983 3.480

106869 Devil Is Fine Zeal & Ardor · 2016 3.480

106870 F.E.A.R. Papa Roach · Eleven Seven Music · 2015 3.450

106871 RXRA Éric Serra · Virgin · 1998 3.430

106872 The Visit A1 People · 2001 3.430