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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21673 Pick a Bigger Weapon The Coup · Epitaph · 2006 42.000

21674 The Last Stand Boot Camp Clik · Duck Down · 2006 42.000

21675 The Second Wave Khoma · Roadrunner Records · 2006 42.000

21676 Chemisphere Tristan · Nano Records · 2007 42.000

21677 Salomé: The Seventh Veil Xandria · Drakkar Records · 2007 42.000

21678 Holly Cole Holly Cole · Alert Music · 2007 42.000

21679 Dear Painter, Paint Me Heartthrob · M_nus · 2008 42.000

21680 The Lucky Ones Mudhoney · Sub Pop Records · 2008 42.000

21681

Sign of the Times Cosmic Gate · Black Hole Recordings · 2009 42.000

21682

Wake Up! John Legend · G.O.O.D. Music · 2010 42.000

21683

[Led Zeppelin IV] Led Zeppelin · Atlantic · 1971 41.932

21684

Truths and Rights Johnny Osbourne · Studio One · 1979 41.932

21685 De wonderlijke avonturen van Herman van Veen Herman van Veen · Polydor · 1979 41.890

21686 Die Anziehungskraft der Erde Herman van Veen · 1981 41.890

21687 Watch Seatrain · Warner Bros. Records · 1973 41.870

21688 Full Speed at High Level Heavy Load · Heavy Sound · 1978 41.870

21689 Shuttered Room The Fixx · MCA Records · 1982 41.870

21690 Force of Habit Exodus · Capitol Records · 1992 41.870

21691

¡CHAKRA:Red! Project Pitchfork · Candyland · 1997 41.870

21692 Cocaine in My Brain Dillinger · 2000 41.870

21693 Gutterflower The Goo Goo Dolls · Warner Bros. Records · 2002 41.870

21694 Why Should the Fire Die? Nickel Creek · Sugar Hill Records · 2005 41.870

21695

Semper Fidelis Nargaroth · No Colours Records · 2007 41.870

21696 Chamber Music Wu‐Tang · E1 Entertainment · 2009 41.870