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 692

16585

The Musician as Outsider Paradox · Reinforced Records · 2000 52.200

16586

Phoenix Rising Deströyer 666 · Season of Mist · 2000 52.200

16587 Lawrence Lawrence · Ladomat 2000 · 2002 52.200

16588 Troubled Sleep Prurient · Truculent Recordings · 2003 52.200

16589

Sumerian Daemons Septic Flesh · Hammerheart Records · 2003 52.200

16590 Salmataxia Syndrone · 2004 52.200

16591 Bambusbeats Gabriel Ananda · Karmarouge · 2007 52.200

16592 Music for Zen Meditation Tony Scott · Verve · 1965 52.200

16593 Teenagers From Outer Space The Meteors · Big Beat · 1986 52.200

16594 Palavras Ao Vento Resistência · 1991 52.200

16595 Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus Hal Willner · Columbia · 1992 52.200

16596 The Treasures Within Merciless · Active Records · 1992 52.200

16597 Ξεσσαλονίκη Τα Ξύλινα Σπαθιά · Ano-Kato Records · 1993 52.200

16598 Untitled Muslimgauze · Klanggalerie · 2000 52.200

16599 Polepione dźwięki Fisz · Asfalt Records · 2000 52.200

16600

Shades Of… Shape of Despair · Spikefarm Records · 2000 52.200

16601 Three Piece Puzzle Jneiro Jarel · Kindred Spirits · 2005 52.200

16602 Id Cyclo. · Raster‐Noton · 2011 52.200

16603 In Search of Eddie Riff Andy Mackay · Rifff Records · 1999 52.140

16604

Album Nº2 Serge Reggiani · Disques Jacques Canetti · 1967 52.140

16605 Bangor Flying Circus Bangor Flying Circus · ABC Records · 1969 52.140

16606

Suite gallaise Tri Yann · Marzelle · 1974 52.140

16607

Ragged Old Flag Johnny Cash · Columbia · 1974 52.140

16608 La Mina Mina · PDU · 1975 52.140