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 519

12433 Hot Number The Fabulous Thunderbirds · Epic · 1987 64.500

12434

Volume 3: Further in Time Afro Celt Sound System · Real World · 2001 64.500

12435 In Torment in Hell Deicide · Roadrunner Records · 2001 64.500

12436

5:55 Charlotte Gainsbourg · Because Music · 2006 64.500

12437 Crystals Sam Rivers · impulse! · 1974 64.500

12438 Wie im Schlaf: Lieder von Bob Dylan Wolfgang Ambros · Bellaphon · 1978 64.500

12439 On the Road Again Rockets · Polydor · 1978 64.500

12440 Throwing Muses Throwing Muses · 4AD · 1986 64.500

12441

Blood, Women, Roses Skin · 1987 64.500

12442 This Crying Age Morthond · Cold Meat Industry · 1991 64.500

12443 Antiquity De/Vision · Strange Ways Records · 1995 64.500

12444 15 Levels of Magnification Neotropic · Ntone · 1996 64.500

12445 Sardonischer Untergang im Zeichen irreligiöser Darbietung Bethlehem · Red Stream · 1998 64.500

12446 Angel Galaxy · Blue Room Released · 1998 64.500

12447 2 The Black Heart Procession · Touch and Go Records · 1999 64.500

12448 Relief üNN · Elektrolux · 2000 64.500

12449 Point Blank Robert Hood · Peacefrog Records · 2002 64.500

12450 Jump Leads Fila Brazillia · Twentythree · 2002 64.500

12451

Damage Done Dark Tranquillity · Century Media · 2002 64.500

12452

Traces of Nothingness Svartsinn · Cyclic Law · 2005 64.500

12453 Life in Mono Emma Bunton · 19 Recordings · 2006 64.500

12454 Pet Grief The Radio Dept. · Labrador · 2006 64.500

12455 Trans-Continental Hustle Gogol Bordello · American Recordings · 2010 64.500

12456

The Harrow & The Harvest Gillian Welch · Acony Records · 2011 64.500