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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12073 Isolation Drills Guided by Voices · P‐VINE RECORDS · 2001 65.610

12074 Cryptoburners Team Doyobi · Skam · 2001 65.610

12075

In Praise of Dreams Jan Garbarek · ECM Records · 2004 65.610

12076 The Final Sign of Evil Sodom · Союз · 2007 65.610

12077 Two Miss Kittin & the Hacker · Nobody’s Bizzness · 2009 65.610

12078 A Grounding in Numbers Van der Graaf Generator · 2011 65.610

12079

Black Sun Kode9 · Hyperdub · 2011 65.610

12080 Sooner or Later Larry Graham · Warner Bros. Records · 1982 65.600

12081 Slap! Chumbawamba · Agit Prop · 1990 65.600

12082 Violent New Breed Shotgun Messiah · Relativity Records · 1993 65.600

12083 Infotainment? Pitchshifter · Earache Records · 1996 65.600

12084

Burning Bridges Arch Enemy · Century Media · 1999 65.600

12085

The Goat of Mendes Akercocke · Peaceville · 2001 65.600

12086 Welcome to the Other Side Rage · GUN Records · 2001 65.600

12087 a a a a o. Gammalapagos · 2003 65.600

12088

The Milk of Human Kindness Caribou · Leaf · 2005 65.600

12089 Ruck Zuck KMFDM · Metropolis Records · 2006 65.600

12090 It Ain't Me Babe The Turtles · White Whale · 1965 65.600

12091 Elvis in Person at the International Hotel Elvis Presley · RCA Victor · 1970 65.600

12092 Free as the Wind The Crusaders · Blue Thumb Records · 1976 65.600

12093 The Blue Album Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes · Source Records · 1980 65.600

12094

The Glitterhouse Medium Medium · Cherry Red Records · 1981 65.600

12095 Swass Sir Mix‐A‐Lot · Nastymix Records · 1988 65.600

12096

Sex and Violence Boogie Down Productions · Jive · 1992 65.600