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 461

11041

Hijack Amon Düül II · ATCO Records · 1974 69.750

11042 Barefoot Ballet John Klemmer · 1976 69.750

11043 Mono Fury in the Slaughterhouse · Slaughterhouse Music · 1993 69.750

11044 Confessions Usher · LaFace Records · 2004 69.750

11045

Made in the Dark Hot Chip · EMI · 2008 69.750

11046

End Times EELS · Vagrant Records · 2010 69.750

11047

Hymnen Karlheinz Stockhausen · Deutsche Grammophon · 1969 69.750

11048 Time Capsule Weldon Irvine · P‐VINE RECORDS · 1973 69.750

11049

Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd · Harvest · 1975 69.750

11050 Slumber of Sullen Eyes Demigod · Drowned Productions · 1992 69.750

11051 Elements Into Data Zymosis · 2008 69.750

11052 The Alternative Moondance Van Morrison · Warner Bros. Records · 2018 69.750

11053 Rare Bird Rare Bird · Probe · 1969 69.720

11054 Icarus Paul Winter Consort · Epic · 1972 69.720

11055

Deuce Kurtis Blow · Mercury Records · 1981 69.720

11056 Pain of Mind Neurosis · Alchemy Records · 1987 69.720

11057

Nerv Eternal Basement · Harthouse · 1995 69.720

11058 Necropolis: The Dialogic Project DJ Spooky · Knitting Factory Works · 1996 69.720

11059

Live Wired Front Line Assembly · Metropolis Records · 1996 69.720

11060

Blue Wonder Power Milk Hooverphonic · Columbia · 1998 69.720

11061 Beam Me Up Space Cat · YoYo Records · 1999 69.720

11062 LateNightTales: Nightmares on Wax Nightmares on Wax · 2003 69.720

11063 Secondary Protocol Wildchild · Stones Throw Records · 2003 69.720

11064 If 2 If · Capitol Records · 1970 69.720