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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21313 Domus Mundi Hollenthon · Napalm Records · 1999 42.630

21314 Iron CoH · Wavetrap · 2000 42.630

21315 In Nomine Aeternitatis Dargaard · Draenor Productions · 2000 42.630

21316 Illusion Soulstice · Om Records · 2001 42.630

21317 Novembrine Waltz Novembre · Century Media · 2001 42.630

21318 Adverts Somatic Responses · Component Records · 2003 42.630

21319 Vilosophe Manes · Code666 · 2003 42.630

21320 Black Mamba Serums v2.0 Bigg Jus · Big Dada · 2004 42.630

21321 Profile 1.0 Gaetano Parisio · Conform · 2004 42.630

21322 Unspeakable Bill Frisell · Nonesuch · 2004 42.630

21323 Milk Man Deerhoof · ATP Recordings · 2004 42.630

21324 Displaced Jacek Sienkiewicz · Cocoon Recordings · 2004 42.630

21325 Hardcore Superstar Hardcore Superstar · Gain Records · 2005 42.630

21326 The Time Możdżer · 2005 42.630

21327 Bariken Merzbow · Blossoming Noise · 2005 42.630

21328 Electric Ladder Robert Rich · Soundscape · 2006 42.630

21329 Ready for Take Off Guardner · Elektrolux · 2007 42.630

21330 Big Blue Ball Big Blue Ball · Real World · 2008 42.630

21331 January Marcin Wasilewski Trio · ECM Records · 2008 42.630

21332

Roads, Bridges, and Ruins Nothington · BYO Records · 2009 42.630

21333 Alhambra Love Songs John Zorn · Tzadik · 2009 42.630

21334

Wake the Town and Tell the People Dub Invaders · Jarring Effects · 2009 42.630

21335 S-M 2: Abyss in B minor Serena-Maneesh · 4AD · 2010 42.630

21336 Insanus, Ultio, Proditio, Misericordiaque Christian Death · Contempo Records · 1990 42.600