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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23185 The World Is My Womb Nocturnal Emissions · Earthly Delights · 1987 39.600

23186 Surrealizar Ban · 1988 39.600

23187 The Chip Compilation Microbots · Overdrive · 1993 39.600

23188 Wickedness Increased Unitone Hi-Fi · Incoming! · 1995 39.600

23189 Fusion Ubar Tmar · BooM! Records · 1997 39.600

23190 Thug Mentality 1999 Krayzie Bone · Ruthless Records · 1999 39.600

23191 Volume 5/6 The Desert Sessions · 1999 39.600

23192 The 8-Bit Construction Set 8-Bit Construction Set · Beige Records · 2001 39.600

23193 Feed the Breed Oxymoron · Knock Out Records · 2001 39.600

23194

The Face of Vehemence Daniel Menche · Ground Fault Recordings · 2002 39.600

23195 Fist of the Northern Destroyer Clandestine Blaze · Northern Heritage · 2002 39.600

23196 Blodsband (Blood Religion Manifest) Sigrblot · World Terror Committee · 2003 39.600

23197

Deconstruction of the World Sophia · Cyclic Law · 2003 39.600

23198

Love the Cup Sons and Daughters · Ba Da Bing! · 2003 39.600

23199 The Dresden Dolls The Dresden Dolls · Roadrunner Records · 2003 39.600

23200

Politics Sébastien Tellier · Source · 2004 39.600

23201 Scattered, Smothered, Covered & Live Unsane · Ronald Reagan Records · 2006 39.600

23202 Soundpooling Nurse With Wound · ICR · 2006 39.600

23203 Knock on Wood The Young Gods · Soyuz Music · 2008 39.600

23204 Astrological Straits Zach Hill · Ipecac Recordings · 2008 39.600

23205 Across the Dark Insomnium · Candlelight Records · 2009 39.600

23206 1.0.8 Onra · Favorite Recordings · 2009 39.600

23207 Multistability Mark Fell · Raster‐Noton · 2010 39.600

23208 Lost in the Glare Barn Owl · Thrill Jockey · 2011 39.600