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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16537 Empty God Lives Underwater · BMG · 1995 52.290

16538 Step Inside This House Lyle Lovett · Curb Records · 1998 52.290

16539 Shoot the Boss Monkey Mafia · Heavenly Recordings · 1998 52.290

16540 Namlook XV: Free Your Mind Namlook · FAX +49-69/450464 · 1999 52.290

16541 LoopStatic: Amine ß Ring Modulations Richard H. Kirk · Touch · 2000 52.290

16542 Staring at the Divine Alabama Thunderpussy · Relapse Records · 2001 52.290

16543 Field of Crows Fish · Chocolate Frog Records · 2003 52.290

16544 Mechanical Age Four Carry Nuts · Aurinko Records · 2004 52.290

16545 Ampeauty Pungent Stench · Nuclear Blast · 2004 52.290

16546 13th Star Fish · Chocolate Frog Records · 2007 52.290

16547 Tummaa Vladislav Delay · Leaf · 2009 52.290

16548

★★★★ The Greenhornes · Third Man Records · 2010 52.290

16549 Miriam Makeba Miriam Makeba · RCA Victor · 1960 52.260

16550 Ballader och grimascher Cornelis Vreeswijk · Metronome · 1965 52.260

16551 California Bloodlines John Stewart · Capitol Records · 1969 52.260

16552 Mississippi Gambler Herbie Mann · Atlantic · 1972 52.260

16553 Je t’aime Saint Tropez · Butterfly Records · 1977 52.260

16554 Natural Ingredients Luscious Jackson · Grand Royal · 1994 52.260

16555 40 More Reasons to Hate Us Anal Cunt · Earache Records · 1996 52.260

16556

Last Confessions Cemetary · Black Mark · 1997 52.260

16557

Braincloud Random XS · Djax-Up-Beats · 1997 52.260

16558 Can‐I‐Bus Canibus · Group Home · 1998 52.260

16559 Expand Your Head Lords of Acid · Antler-Subway · 1999 52.260

16560 Nobody Knows Geeez 'N' Gosh · Mille Plateaux · 2002 52.260