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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12793 Ten Man Mop or Mr. Reservoir Butler Rides Again Steeleye Span · Mooncrest Records · 1971 63.180

12794 Where We All Belong The Marshall Tucker Band · Capricorn Records · 1974 63.180

12795 Get It Dave Edmunds · Swan Song · 1977 63.180

12796

Beat Boys in the Jet Age The Lambrettas · The Rocket Record Company · 1980 63.180

12797 Future Primitives Intermix · ESP-SUN Records · 1994 63.180

12798 City Point Sysex · Plus 8 Records Ltd. · 1994 63.180

12799 African Space Craft Keziah Jones · Delabel · 1995 63.180

12800 Welcome to the Western Lodge Masters of Reality · Brownhouse Recordings · 1999 63.180

12801 Matrix Ryoji Ikeda · Touch · 2001 63.180

12802 Angelwhore Desaster · Metal Blade Records · 2005 63.180

12803 Light at the End of the World Erasure · Mute · 2007 63.180

12804 Today We Are All Demons Combichrist · Out of Line · 2009 63.180

12805 Smoke Ring for My Halo Kurt Vile · Matador · 2011 63.180

12806 Voor de overlevenden Boudewijn de Groot · Decca Records · 1966 63.140

12807 It's Not Killing Me Mike Bloomfield · Columbia · 1969 63.140

12808 21ª raccolta Fausto Papetti · Durium · 1975 63.140

12809 Shu•bi•dua 4 Shu•bi•dua · Polydor · 1977 63.140

12810

Fun in Space Roger Taylor · EMI · 1981 63.140

12811 In Cold Blood Johnny Thunders · New Rose Records · 1983 63.140

12812 American Caesar Iggy Pop · Virgin · 1993 63.140

12813 Brutal Youth Elvis Costello · Warner Bros. Records · 1994 63.140

12814 LP Antiloop · Stockholm Records · 1997 63.140

12815 The Spell The Black Heart Procession · Touch and Go Records · 2006 63.140

12816 DJ-Kicks: Four Tet Four Tet · !K7 · 2006 63.140