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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22321 Confronted Remixes Pan-Pot · Mobilee · 2009 40.940

22322 Mammons War Count Raven · I Hate Records · 2009 40.940

22323 Namlook XXII: Music for Urban Meditation III Namlook · FAX +49-69/450464 · 2009 40.940

22324

Night Spirit Lustre · Fallen Empire Records · 2009 40.940

22325

Secret Agent Tony Allen · World Circuit · 2009 40.940

22326 I Love You, Please Love Me Too Joseph Hammer · PAN · 2010 40.940

22327 Minecraft – Volume Alpha C418 · 2011 40.940

22328 Into the Wild Uriah Heep · Frontiers Records · 2011 40.940

22329 How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You Marvin Gaye · Tamla · 1965 40.920

22330

Strictly From Hunger Hunger · 1969 40.920

22331 Kesämaa Pekka Streng · Love Records · 1972 40.920

22332 Chapter Two: Nia Oneness of Juju · 1974 40.920

22333 Cheap Trick at Budokan Cheap Trick · Epic · 1978 40.920

22334 Dance With Death Andrew Hill · Blue Note · 1980 40.920

22335 A Chapter of Accidents Dead Infection · Morbid Records · 1995 40.920

22336 Indecent & Obscene / Pieces Dismember · Nuclear Blast · 2000 40.920

22337

Maps From the Wilderness TM Juke · Tru Thoughts · 2003 40.920

22338 Two From the Vault: Effigy of the Forgotten / Pierced From Within Suffocation · Roadrunner Records · 2003 40.920

22339 Ouarda (The Subtle Art of Phyllorhodomancy) Andrew Liles · Dirter Promotions · 2008 40.920

22340 In Prism Polvo · Merge Records · 2009 40.920

22341 Magnetic Portal Ovnimoon · Ovnimoon Records · 2011 40.920

22342 Singin’ the Blues B.B. King · P‐VINE RECORDS · 1957 40.890

22343 5 by Monk by 5 Thelonious Monk Quintet · Riverside · 1959 40.890

22344 The Plastic Cloud The Plastic Cloud · The Laser’s Edge · 1968 40.890