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 1000

23977

Disc‐Overy Tinie Tempah · Parlophone · 2010 38.500

23978 Paul and Noel Paul Stookey · Warner Bros. Records · 1971 38.480

23979 Hobo With a Grin Steve Harley · EMI · 1978 38.480

23980

Kingdom Blow Kurtis Blow · Mercury Records · 1986 38.480

23981 Vinterdage Søs Fenger · Genlyd · 1989 38.480

23982 Everyone’s Got One Echobelly · Rhythm King · 1994 38.480

23983 Rapture Impaled Nazarene · Osmose Productions · 1998 38.480

23984 3.0 Safri Duo · Universal · 2003 38.480

23985 Brook Benton Today Brook Benton · Cotillion · 1970 38.400

23986 Carolina County Ball Elf · Purple Records · 1974 38.400

23987 Parade Ron Carter · Milestone · 1979 38.400

23988 N Lili Drop · Arabella · 1982 38.400

23989 Invasion of the Porky Men English Dogs · Clay Records · 1984 38.400

23990 The Power of Gloria Gaynor Gloria Gaynor · 1986 38.400

23991 A Lot of Love Melba Moore · Capitol Records · 1986 38.400

23992 Straight From the Basement of Kooley High! Original Concept · Def Jam Recordings · 1988 38.400

23993 The Path of a Decent Groove Tony Joe White · Remark Records · 1993 38.400

23994 Arcade Arcade · Epic · 1993 38.400

23995

Un jour dans notre vie Indochine · Ariola · 1993 38.400

23996 Flugschädel Flugschädel · Plattenmeister · 1994 38.400

23997 Sanctified Morgana Lefay · Victor · 1995 38.400

23998 Ondas DATacide · Rather Interesting · 1996 38.400

23999 Transmissions From Uranus Hanzel und Gretyl · Out of Line · 1997 38.400

24000

Kulanjan Taj Mahal · Hannibal · 1999 38.400