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

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19729 Order of the Illuminati Agent Steel · Artillery Music · 2003 45.430

19730 Stranger on the Sofa Barry Adamson · Central Control · 2006 45.430

19731 This Here Is Bobby Timmons Bobby Timmons · Riverside · 1960 45.390

19732 Om John Coltrane · impulse! · 1967 45.390

19733 Spectrum Les DeMerle · United Artists · 1968 45.390

19734 Purple Miroslav Vitouš · CBS/Sony · 1970 45.390

19735 Stone Alliance Stone Alliance · PM · 1976 45.390

19736

Requiem Michel Chion · INA-GRM · 1978 45.390

19737 Dragon King Osamu Kitajima · Alfa · 1982 45.390

19738 Manual of Errors Snakefinger · Ralph Records · 1982 45.390

19739 Ancient Artifacts D.I. · Triple X Records · 1985 45.390

19740 Marines a pleno sol Los Nikis · 3 Cipreses · 1985 45.390

19741 Shock Vomito Negro · KK Records · 1989 45.390

19742 Unsane Unsane · Matador · 1991 45.390

19743 Crossing the Fiery Path Necromantia · Osmose Productions · 1993 45.390

19744

Sublime Dementia Loudblast · Fnac Music · 1993 45.390

19745 Nukleopatra Dead or Alive · Epic Records · 1995 45.390

19746 Zoé Zoé · Columbia · 2001 45.390

19747 Here I Go Again on My Own The Remote Viewer · City Centre Offices · 2002 45.390

19748 Carrot Dossier Proswell · 2003 45.390

19749 Whistling About Chickens The Hafler Trio · Fire Inc. · 2003 45.390

19750

Dark Ages Soulfly · Roadrunner Records · 2005 45.390

19751

Raspad Post Scriptvm · Tesco Organisation · 2006 45.390

19752 Technical Illusions Unstable Elements · Kagdila Records · 2006 45.390