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 960

23017 Pray Solstice · Steamhammer · 1995 39.950

23018 Experiment Zero Man or Astro‐Man? · Touch and Go Records · 1996 39.950

23019 Everybody Jam! Scatman John · RCA · 1996 39.950

23020 In Place of Real Insight Karate · Southern Records · 1997 39.950

23021 Auric Fires Benestrophe · Ras Dva Records · 1997 39.950

23022 Slip Stitch and Pass Phish · Elektra · 1997 39.950

23023 Language of Silence Numb · Metropolis Records · 1998 39.950

23024 Seeds of Mutation Current Value · Position Chrome · 1999 39.950

23025 H2 Haldolium · 2000 39.950

23026

Diorama Silverchair · Eleven: A Music Company · 2002 39.950

23027 Letting Go Earshot · Warner Bros. Records · 2002 39.950

23028 Reveille Deerhoof · Kill Rock Stars · 2002 39.950

23029 Orquídea Negra Zé Ramalho · 2003 39.950

23030 Sôma Eths · Seth Records · 2004 39.950

23031 Dead Mountain Mouth Genghis Tron · Crucial Blast · 2006 39.950

23032 Afterglow Vector Lovers · Soma Records · 2007 39.950

23033

For Emma, Forever Ago Bon Iver · 2007 39.950

23034 Revolution Spaceship Jikooha · 2008 39.950

23035 Left Enduser · Ohm Resistance · 2008 39.950

23036

Bromst Dan Deacon · Carpark Records · 2009 39.950

23037 Ipsissimus John Zorn · Tzadik · 2010 39.950

23038 Death by Metal Mantas · Relapse Records · 2012 39.950

23039 Reboot Brooks & Dunn · Arista Nashville · 2019 39.950

23040 Deep Cuts Strawbs · Polydor · 1976 39.900