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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18433 Until Your Heart Stops Cave In · Hydra Head Records · 1999 48.140

18434 Possibilities Herbie Hancock · Starbucks Coffee · 2005 48.140

18435

The Black Swan Bert Jansch · Sanctuary Records · 2006 48.140

18436

Something Dirty Faust · 2011 48.140

18437

Duo Bugge Wesseltoft · Jazzland Recordings · 2011 48.140

18438 Ready The Blues Band · Arista · 1980 48.100

18439 Jetzt oder nie Georg Danzer · Polydor · 1982 48.100

18440 No Hide No Run Marusha · BMG · 1998 48.100

18441 Nothing's Lost Styrofoam · Morr Music · 2004 48.100

18442 Appleknockers Flophouse Cuby + Blizzards · Philips · 1969 48.060

18443 Christine Perfect Christine Perfect · Blue Horizon · 1970 48.060

18444 Album Album Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition · ECM Records · 1984 48.060

18445 Uzed Univers Zero · Cuneiform Records · 1984 48.060

18446 No me iré mañana Antonio Vega · Area Creativa · 1991 48.060

18447 Gondwanaland Steroid Maximus · Big Cat Records · 1992 48.060

18448 I Said, This Is the Son of Nihilism 灰野敬二 · Table of the Elements · 1995 48.060

18449 The Curse of Mankind Forgotten Woods · No Colours Records · 1996 48.060

18450 General Population C‐Block · wea · 1997 48.060

18451 Black Light Syndrome Bozzio Levin Stevens · Magna Carta · 1997 48.060

18452 Hits of 76ix Mr. 76ix · Skam · 2004 48.060

18453 The Testament Cormega · Legal Hustle Music · 2005 48.060

18454

Lapse Visions · Cyclic Law · 2005 48.060

18455 Sickening Bliss Regurgitate · Relapse Records · 2006 48.060

18456 Long Night Jim O’Rourke · Streamline · 2008 48.060