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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107521 Wounded Rhymes Lykke Li · Atlantic · 2011 3.200

107522 Apocryphon The Sword · Napalm Records · 2012 3.200

107523 Warriors of Love Gideon's Army · Retroactive Records · 2013 3.200

107524 Isi Ville Leinonen · 2015 3.200

107525 VHS X Ambassadors · KIDinaKORNER · 2015 3.200

107526 Sounds Good Feels Good 5 Seconds of Summer · Capitol Records · 2015 3.200

107527 What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World The Decemberists · Capitol Records · 2015 3.200

107528 New Bermuda Deafheaven · Anti‐ · 2015 3.200

107529 Heads Up Warpaint · Rough Trade · 2016 3.200

107530 King Fucking Satan King Satan · Saturnal Records · 2017 3.200

107531 Stranger Fruit Zeal & Ardor · 2018 3.200

107532 Fine Line Harry Styles · Columbia · 2019 3.200

107533 Smile Katy Perry · Capitol Records · 2020 3.200

107534 For the First Time Black Country, New Road · Ninja Tune · 2021 3.200

107535 Honestly, Nevermind Drake · OVO Sound · 2022 3.200

107536 Unlimited Love Red Hot Chili Peppers · Warner Records · 2022 3.200

107537 Blue Rev Alvvays · Transgressive Records · 2022 3.200

107538 The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We Mitski · Dead Oceans · 2023 3.200

107539 Little Rope Sleater‐Kinney · Loma Vista Recordings · 2024 3.200

107540 Girl With No Face Allie X · 2024 3.200

107541 Smoke Dreams Jo Stafford 3.200

107542 Black Forest Bluegrass P.D.Q. Bach · Vanguard · 1979 3.180

107543 R&BA B. A. Robertson · Asylum Records · 1982 3.180

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Hold Me in Your Arms Rick Astley · RCA · 1988 3.180