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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11233 Strike 154 · Delsin Records · 2004 69.300

11234

Star Autopsy Zoät‐Aon · Aural Hypnox · 2005 69.300

11235

Lunático Gotan Project · ¡Ya Basta! · 2006 69.300

11236

Resistance Break · Symmetry Recordings · 2010 69.300

11237 Catalogue / Preserve / Amass Steven Wilson · Headphone Dust · 2012 69.300

11238 Automatic Man Automatic Man · Island · 1976 69.160

11239

Poses Alain Chamfort · CBS · 1979 69.160

11240 Victim of a Song Harlequin · Epic · 1979 69.160

11241 Azimut Alice · EMI · 1982 69.160

11242 Psycho-Bod Saves the World Portion Control · Dead Man's Curve · 1986 69.160

11243

More Songs About Love & Hate The Godfathers · Epic · 1989 69.160

11244 Pik Sibbe BAP · Electrola · 1993 69.160

11245 Merzbeat Merzbow · Important Records · 2002 69.160

11246 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Gila · 1973 69.160

11247 Seriously Deep David Axelrod · Polydor · 1975 69.160

11248 Gentleman Ruffin David Ruffin · Warner Bros. Records · 1980 69.160

11249 Ljubav Ekatarina Velika · PGP-RTB · 1987 69.160

11250 Parte de la religión Charly García · CBS · 1987 69.160

11251 The Ultimate Ride Basic Element · 1995 69.160

11252 When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence Harmonic 313 · Warp · 2008 69.160

11253

A Map of All Our Failures My Dying Bride · Peaceville · 2012 69.160

11254

Try Whistling This Neil Finn · EMI · 1990 69.120

11255 The Cowsills The Cowsills · Razor & Tie · 1967 69.000

11256 Blodsband Peps Blodsband · Sonet · 1974 69.000