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 680

16297 Lipopette Bar Oxmo Puccino · Blue Note · 2006 52.920

16298

Latin Holy Fuck · Young Turks · 2010 52.920

16299

Tamer Animals Other Lives · 2011 52.920

16300 Dramatically Yours Ron Banks and The Dramatics · Volt · 1974 52.800

16301 Who's Landing in My Hangar? Human Switchboard · Faulty Products · 1981 52.800

16302 Horror Epics The Exploited · Konexion · 1985 52.800

16303 Spacecake PlatEAU · Metropolis Records · 1999 52.800

16304 Strapping Young Lad Strapping Young Lad · Century Media · 2003 52.800

16305 The Forest of My Mind Paul Parrish · 1968 52.800

16306 I Choose You Chicago Gangsters · 1976 52.800

16307 This Is London The Times · Artpop! · 1983 52.800

16308 好き好き大好き戸川純 · Alfa · 1985 52.800

16309 Hammerheart Bathory · Noise International · 1990 52.800

16310

Compositions Anita Baker · Elektra · 1990 52.800

16311 Beheaded Bedhead · Trance Syndicate · 1996 52.800

16312 The Story of the Ghost Phish · Elektra · 1998 52.800

16313 Over the James Avail · Lookout! Records · 1998 52.800

16314 Rhythmogenesis MRI · Force Tracks · 2000 52.800

16315 Other Worlds in a Small Room Steve Jansen · Medium · 2001 52.800

16316 U60311 Compilation: Techno Division, Vol. 3 Carl Cox · V2 · 2003 52.800

16317 Beyond Flatline Seabound · Metropolis Records · 2004 52.800

16318

Fuck the Universe Craft · Southern Lord · 2005 52.800

16319 Reel Time Gabriel Le Mar · Elektrolux · 2006 52.800

16320 Original Album Series Emmylou Harris · Rhino · 2010 52.800