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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17353 The Impossibility of Reason Chimaira · Roadrunner Records · 2003 50.400

17354

Sonic Firestorm DragonForce · Noise Records · 2004 50.400

17355 Rubicon Ancient Rites · Season of Mist · 2006 50.400

17356 Message From God MFG · 2006 50.400

17357 ... Into the Exam Room Hermano · Suburban Records · 2007 50.400

17358 To the Metal! Gamma Ray · earMUSIC · 2010 50.400

17359 Going Back to Colorado Zephyr · Warner Bros. Records · 1971 50.400

17360 Rockets Rockets · Deram · 1976 50.400

17361 Ming David Murray Octet · Black Saint · 1980 50.400

17362 Executioner’s Song Razor · Viper Records · 1985 50.400

17363 Beauty in the Beast Wendy Carlos · 1986 50.400

17364 United Kingdom American Music Club · Demon Records · 1989 50.400

17365 All the Time! Culture Shock · Bluurg Records · 1989 50.400

17366 I Die Krupps · Our Choice · 1992 50.400

17367 Mission Impossible The James Taylor Quartet · Acid Jazz · 1993 50.400

17368 Cantaloupe Island Herbie Hancock · Blue Note · 1994 50.400

17369 The Breathing Shadow Nightingale · Black Mark · 1995 50.400

17370

The Inevitable Squirrel Nut Zippers · 1995 50.400

17371 Hypermodern Jazz 2000.5 Alec Empire · Mille Plateaux · 1996 50.400

17372 Psychocult The Merry Thoughts · 1996 50.400

17373 Follow the Light Bad Boys Blue · Coconut · 1999 50.400

17374 Raum Thomas P. Heckmann · Mille Plateaux · 1999 50.400

17375 Fraximal Ferenc · Kompakt · 2005 50.400

17376

Cranes Cranes · Dadaphonic · 2008 50.400