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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15217

Innuendo The Blunted Boy Wonder · Music Man Records · 2000 55.680

15218 Patterns the Album Claude Young · Djax-Up-Beats · 2000 55.680

15219 The Dark Blood Rising (The Hatecrowned Retaliation) Diabolicum · Code666 · 2001 55.680

15220 Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive William Basinski · Die Stadt · 2004 55.680

15221 The Mechanical Hand HORSE the band · Combat Records · 2005 55.680

15222 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart The Pains of Being Pure at Heart · Fortuna Pop! · 2009 55.680

15223

The Blood of Heroes The Blood of Heroes · Ohm Resistance · 2010 55.680

15224 2 Eulenspygel · 1971 55.610

15225 About Time New York Gong · Charly Records · 1979 55.610

15226 Now We May Begin Randy Crawford · Warner Bros. Records · 1980 55.610

15227 Tin Can Alley Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition · ECM Records · 1981 55.610

15228

Greatest Hits, Volume 2 Hank Williams, Jr. · Warner Bros. Records · 1985 55.610

15229 Grippe Jawbox · Dischord Records · 1991 55.610

15230 Buried Secrets Painkiller · Earache Records · 1992 55.610

15231

The Charm of the Highway Strip The Magnetic Fields · Merge Records · 1994 55.610

15232 Objects for an Ideal Home Opiate · April Records · 1999 55.610

15233 Transform Element · Liquid Audio Soundz · 2000 55.610

15234 Likes... Dani Siciliano · !K7 · 2004 55.610

15235 Creature Comforts Black Dice · DFA Records · 2004 55.610

15236

The Burning Halo Draconian · Napalm Records · 2006 55.610

15237 Mechanics of Dysfunction Beneath the Massacre · Prosthetic Records · 2007 55.610

15238

Where Did the Night Fall UNKLE · Surrender All · 2010 55.610

15239 Memphis Unlimited O.V. Wright · Back Beat Records · 1973 55.510

15240 Aida Rino Gaetano · RCA · 1977 55.510