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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10849 220 Volt 220 Volt · Epic · 1983 70.680

10850 Extreme Extreme · A&M Records · 1989 70.680

10851 Lloyd Cole Lloyd Cole · Capitol Records · 1990 70.680

10852

Storm the Studio Meat Beat Manifesto · Wax Trax! Records · 1989 70.680

10853 Samo par godina za nas Ekatarina Velika · PGP-RTB · 1989 70.680

10854 Romance Luis Miguel · WEA Latina · 1991 70.680

10855 Emotional Distortion Chris Gray · Track Mode Recordings · 1999 70.680

10856 Kaleidoscope Tiësto · Ultra Records · 2009 70.560

10857 Better by Far Caravan · Arista · 1977 70.560

10858 E tu come stai? Claudio Baglioni · CBS · 1978 70.560

10859 The Real Blues John Lee Hooker · 1970 70.560

10860 Suite en sous-sol Tuxedomoon · 1982 70.560

10861

Village Life Herbie Hancock · Columbia · 1985 70.560

10862 Just Like the First Time Freddie Jackson · Capitol Records · 1986 70.560

10863 Parallel Minds Conception · Noise Records · 1993 70.560

10864 Single Cell Orchestra Single Cell Orchestra · Asphodel · 1996 70.560

10865 Call the Doctor Sleater‐Kinney · Chainsaw Records · 1996 70.560

10866 Ethyl 6 Imminent Starvation · Hymen Records · 1998 70.560

10867 SMPT:e Transatlantic · Inside Out Music · 2000 70.560

10868 Necrodaemon Terrorsathan Belphegor · Last Episode · 2000 70.560

10869 From Beyond Infinity Danny Breaks · Droppin’ Science · 2000 70.560

10870 Asceticists 2006 Whitehouse · Susan Lawly · 2006 70.560

10871 Out of Ashes Dead by Sunrise · Warner Bros. Records · 2009 70.560

10872 New Grass Albert Ayler · impulse! · 1969 70.550