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 877

21025 Orange Express 渡辺貞夫 · CBS/Sony · 1981 43.120

21026 35 Years From Alpha Deadly Headley · On-U Sound · 1982 43.120

21027 Alright Again! Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown · Rounder · 1982 43.120

21028 AB’s AB’s · MOON RECORDS · 1983 43.120

21029 Nomaden Ströer Bros. · Ilusion Records · 1985 43.120

21030 Polar Regions Cosmic Trigger · Silent · 1993 43.120

21031 Deliver Me Unto Pain Banished · Deaf Records · 1994 43.120

21032 Goldberg Variations / The Well Tempered Clavier, Book II (Glenn Gould) Bach · Sony Classical · 1995 43.120

21033 Nattferd Ragnarok · Head Not Found · 1995 43.120

21034

Cão Ornatos Violeta · Polydor · 1997 43.120

21035 Dope for the Robot Metamatics · Hydrogen Dukebox · 2001 43.120

21036 Muslimgauze Muslimgauze · Staalplaat · 2001 43.120

21037 The Book of Shabazz (Hidden Scrollz) Shabazz the Disciple · 2003 43.120

21038 The Frozen Spark m² · Ant‐Zen · 2005 43.120

21039 Origin Detritus · Ad Noiseam · 2005 43.120

21040 Now Synapscape · Ant‐Zen · 2007 43.120

21041 Nådens år Ulf Lundell · Parlophone · 1978 43.070

21042 Jau! Fury in the Slaughterhouse · SPV Records · 1990 43.070

21043 Perfection Foesum · Penalty Recordings · 1996 43.020

21044 UG-Solo DJ Kridlokk · Monsp Records · 2011 43.020

21045 1/2 Intergalactic Federation · 2020 43.020

21046

High Priestess of Soul Nina Simone · Philips · 1967 43.000

21047 Stephen Stills Stephen Stills · Atlantic · 1970 43.000

21048 Unchained Elias Hulk · Young Blood · 1970 43.000