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 682

16345 Ego The Tony Williams Lifetime · Polydor · 1971 52.700

16346

The Voice of America Cabaret Voltaire · Rough Trade · 1980 52.700

16347 Heavy Metal Ears Picture · Backdoor · 1981 52.700

16348 Roni Griffith Roni Griffith · Vanguard · 1982 52.700

16349 Świnie Morawski Waglewski Nowicki Hołdys · Polton · 1985 52.700

16350 Blackout in the Red Room Love/Hate · CBS · 1990 52.700

16351 Black Reign Queen Latifah · Motown · 1993 52.700

16352 Jihad: Points of Order Automaton · 1994 52.700

16353

Stormcrowfleet Skepticism · Red Stream · 1995 52.700

16354 Maps of the Impossible Xingu Hill · Nova Zembla · 1995 52.700

16355 Mack 10 Mack 10 · Priority Records · 1995 52.700

16356

Skold Skold · RCA · 1996 52.700

16357 The Crystal Palace Forlorn · Head Not Found · 1996 52.700

16358

Diorama Patchwork · Spirit Zone Recordings · 2000 52.700

16359 Pregenesis Dan Curtin · Elypsia · 2000 52.700

16360 Hand Picked Fragments Skanfrom · Suction Records · 2002 52.700

16361 Hate Breeds Suffering Lock Up · Nuclear Blast · 2002 52.700

16362 Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined MONO · Temporary Residence Limited · 2004 52.700

16363 Wai Pi Wai ¥Π¥ · Hands Productions · 2004 52.700

16364 The Runners Four Deerhoof · Trifekta Records · 2005 52.700

16365 Altered States of Divinity Kriegsmaschine · 2005 52.700

16366 Until Then, Goodbye Lawrence · 2009 52.700

16367 Shattered Illusion Absolute Body Control · Daft Records · 2010 52.700

16368

Immortel Dernière Volonté · Hau Ruck! · 2010 52.700