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 100

2377

Cease to Begin Band of Horses · Sub Pop Records · 2007 171.380

2378

The ArchAndroid Janelle Monáe · Bad Boy Records · 2010 171.380

2379 Dixie Chicken Little Feat · Warner Bros. Records · 1973 171.360

2380

Halfway to Sanity Ramones · Sire Records · 1987 171.360

2381 Wishbone Four Wishbone Ash · MCA Records · 1973 171.200

2382 Dreaming My Dreams Waylon Jennings · RCA Victor · 1975 171.140

2383 A Trip to Marineville Swell Maps · Rough Trade · 1979 171.140

2384 Tak! Tak! Obywatel G.C. · Polskie Nagrania “Muza” · 1988 171.140

2385

Scott 4 Scott Walker · Philips · 1969 171.120

2386 From the Lions Mouth The Sound · Korova · 1981 171.080

2387 The Opening of the Cerebral Gate Transllusion · Tresor · 2001 171.080

2388 Hobo's Lullaby Arlo Guthrie · KOCH · 1972 170.940

2389 If My Friends Could See Me Now Linda Clifford · Curtom Records · 1978 170.910

2390 Broken Social Scene Broken Social Scene · Arts & Crafts · 2004 170.880

2391 Kilka numerów o czymś Małpa · 2009 170.880

2392 Another One Mac DeMarco · Captured Tracks · 2015 170.880

2393

Shenanigans Green Day · 2002 170.820

2394 From Other Spaces Goasia · 2007 170.720

2395

Cyclone Tangerine Dream · Virgin · 1978 170.640

2396 Empty the Bones of You Chris Clark · Warp · 2003 170.520

2397

A Passage in Time Dead Can Dance · 4AD · 1991 170.520

2398

God’s Own Medicine The Mission · Mercury Records · 1986 170.400

2399 Real to Real Cacophony Simple Minds · Arista · 1979 170.280

2400 Eld Enslaved · Osmose Productions · 1997 170.280