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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20113 Sopravvissuti e sopravviventi Ligabue · wea · 1993 44.800

20114

The Sleeping Beauty: Live in Israel Tiamat · Century Media · 1994 44.800

20115 I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times Brian Wilson · MCA Records · 1995 44.800

20116 La Danse Macabre Memento Mori · Black Mark · 1996 44.800

20117 Trodin On Gentleman · Four Music · 1999 44.800

20118 Motion Picture Genetic · Dragonfly Records · 2000 44.800

20119 Beachwood Sparks Beachwood Sparks · Sub Pop Records · 2000 44.800

20120 Murder’s Concept Yattering · Season of Mist · 2000 44.800

20121 (Self-Titled) Zao · Solid State Records · 2001 44.800

20122 Creative Killings Sinister · Hammerheart Records · 2001 44.800

20123 No Balance Palace Kashmir · Sony BMG Music Entertainment · 2005 44.800

20124

Pursuit of Pleasure Beyond Sensory Experience · Cold Meat Industry · 2005 44.800

20125

Arbeit nervt Deichkind · Vertigo Berlin · 2008 44.800

20126 The Anti Mother Norma Jean · Solid State Records · 2008 44.800

20127

No Land Called Home Subheim · Ad Noiseam · 2010 44.800

20128 The Night Before Hooverphonic · Columbia · 2010 44.800

20129 Pieces Matthew Larkin Cassell · 1977 44.791

20130 Fantasy Dymension · Clubscene Records · 1995 44.791

20131 Inner Views Sonny Bono · ATCO Records · 1967 44.730

20132 As We Are Lucifer · EMI · 1975 44.730

20133 The Fucking Cunts Treat Us Like Pricks Flux of Pink Indians · Spiderleg · 1984 44.730

20134 Silver Circle under PlàstiC à;GRUMH... · 1987 44.730

20135

The Yankee Dollar The Yankee Dollar · Dot Records · 1968 44.720

20136 Stack Waddy Stack Waddy · Dandelion Records · 1971 44.720