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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17977 Terra Ferma X-Asp · Rephlex · 1996 48.980

17978 Death in a Snow Leopard Winter Nature and Organisation · 1998 48.980

17979 Gun Hill Road The Infesticons · Big Dada · 2000 48.980

17980 Rechenzentrum Rechenzentrum · 2000 48.980

17981 Gab's Gift Gabriel Le Mar · Spirit Zone Recordings · 2000 48.980

17982 Here Comes the Fuzz Mark Ronson · Elektra · 2003 48.980

17983

Easy to Assemble Chicane · WEA Records · 2003 48.980

17984 Hotel Morgen To Rococo Rot · Domino · 2004 48.980

17985

The Destruction of Small Ideas 65daysofstatic · Monotreme Records · 2007 48.980

17986

Empire Super8 & Tab · Anjunabeats · 2010 48.980

17987 Funk Pump The Counts · Aware · 1974 48.970

17988 Freeze Junie · Westbound Records · 1975 48.970

17989 La Terre promise Johnny Hallyday · Philips · 1975 48.970

17990 Western Culture Henry Cow · ReR Megacorp · 1978 48.970

17991 Prepárate Obús · Chapa Discos · 1981 48.970

17992 Firedance Shiva · Heavy Metal Records · 1982 48.970

17993 Musik genom fyra sekler Jan Johansson · Megafon · 1988 48.970

17994 Stream of Consciousness Cryptic Slaughter · Death Records · 1988 48.970

17995 La pianta del tè Ivano Fossati · CBS · 1988 48.970

17996 World of Myths Crypt of Kerberos · Adipocere Records · 1993 48.970

17997 Deco In the Nursery · ITN Corporation · 1996 48.970

17998

Dans ma chair Patricia Kaas · Columbia · 1997 48.970

17999

Teatro Willie Nelson · Island · 1998 48.970

18000 Sacro Culto Opera IX · Shiver Records · 1998 48.970