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?

The full board · page 867

20785 Short Sharp Shock Chaos UK · Children of the Revolution Records · 1985 43.500

20786 Ripe Banderas · FFRR · 1991 43.500

20787

Downtown Science Downtown Science · Def Jam Recordings · 1991 43.500

20788

On the Mouth Superchunk · City Slang · 1992 43.500

20789 Midnight Sun Maggie Reilly · Electrola · 1993 43.500

20790

Buried Dreams David Toop · Beyond · 1994 43.500

20791 Krush DJ Krush · TRIAD · 1994 43.500

20792 Dopesick Eyehategod · Century Media · 1996 43.500

20793 Syrinjia Muslimgauze · Soleilmoon Recordings · 1998 43.500

20794

A Peripheral Blur James Plotkin · kranky · 1998 43.500

20795 Man Overboard Buck 65 · anticon. · 2001 43.500

20796 Hit After Hit The Briefs · Dirtnap Records · 2001 43.500

20797 24 Hours: A Day of Seals Merzbow · Dirter Promotions · 2002 43.500

20798

Translinear Light Alice Coltrane · impulse! · 2004 43.500

20799 The Funeral of God Zao · Roadrunner Records · 2004 43.500

20800 Man-Made Teenage Fanclub · PeMa · 2005 43.500

20801 Only Human Remains Fractured · Noise Terror Productions · 2005 43.500

20802 Comparing Paths Enduser · Very Friendly · 2005 43.500

20803

20804 With Oden on Our Side Amon Amarth · Metal Blade Records · 2006 43.500

20805 Crystal Rainbow Pyramid Under the Stars Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. · Important Records · 2007 43.500

20806

Tideshaper Lacus Somniorum · Cyclic Law · 2008 43.500

20807 Affliction XXIX II MXMVI Blindead · 2010 43.500

20808 Gutter Water Gangrene · 2010 43.500