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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22657 Great White Death Whitehouse · Come Organisation · 1985 40.420

22658

One Foot in Hell Cirith Ungol · Metal Blade Records · 1986 40.420

22659 Blue Matter John Scofield · Gramavision · 1986 40.420

22660 Köda In the Nursery · Sweatbox · 1988 40.420

22661 Шестой лесничий Алиса · Мелодия · 1989 40.420

22662 Blue Chip Acoustic Alchemy · MCA Records · 1989 40.420

22663 Magos, espadas y rosas Rata Blanca · Polydor · 1990 40.420

22664 Stonehenge Ruins · Shimmy Disc · 1990 40.420

22665 Black Business Poor Righteous Teachers · 1993 40.420

22666 Pitched Up at the Edge of Reality Astralasia · Magick Eye Records · 1993 40.420

22667 What a Crying Shame The Mavericks · MCA Records · 1994 40.420

22668 Water Seeks Its Own Level Illusion of Safety · Silent · 1994 40.420

22669

L'âme électrique Die Form · Metropolis Records · 1995 40.420

22670 In Expectancy of the Monumental Awe Vuemorph · Silent · 1995 40.420

22671

Wisdom Floats Decoryah · Metal Blade Records · 1995 40.420

22672 End of Flowers Diary of Dreams · Accession Records · 1996 40.420

22673 Chopper City in the Ghetto B.G. · Cash Money Records · 1999 40.420

22674 Divine Blasphemies Desaster · Iron Pegasus Records · 2002 40.420

22675

Portakabin Fever Hint · Hombré · 2003 40.420

22676 Dominanz Endstille · Twilight · 2004 40.420

22677 III Acid King · Small Stone Records · 2005 40.420

22678

Fire Chariot of Destruction Graveland · No Colours Records · 2005 40.420

22679 Sinnflut Curse · Sony BMG Music Entertainment · 2005 40.420

22680 Le Tireur de ficelles Electrypnose · Peak Records · 2006 40.420