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 1005

24097 New York Slick Ron Carter · Milestone · 1979 38.250

24098 Zamlaranamma Von Zamla · 1982 38.250

24099

Noche de rock & roll Barricada · Oihuka · 1983 38.250

24100

Mercury Theatre: On the Air! !Action Pact! · Fall Out Records · 1983 38.250

24101 Satan's Defloration Incorporated S.D.I. · Scratchcore · 1986 38.250

24102 Party At Steve's House! The Mummies · Pin Up Records · 1994 38.250

24103 The Coiled One Spahn Ranch · Cleopatra Records · 1995 38.250

24104 Agoraphobic Notes Such a Surge · Epic · 1996 38.250

24105 Mirrorworlds Eucharist · WAR Music · 1997 38.250

24106

Silver Sorgo Luis Alberto Spinetta · Universal · 2001 38.250

24107 Far Beyond the Light Leviathan · 2002 38.250

24108 8 Million Stories Soul Position · Rhymesayers Entertainment · 2003 38.250

24109 Internal Space Martinez · Out of Orbit Recordings · 2005 38.250

24110 Forward Observer Rude Awakening · The Third Movement · 2005 38.250

24111 From a Compound Eye Robert Pollard · Merge Records · 2006 38.250

24112 Curses! Future of the Left · Too Pure · 2007 38.250

24113 Joy Phish · 2009 38.250

24114 Saurian Exorcisms Karl Sanders · The End Records · 2009 38.250

24115 Inside Pulshar · 2010 38.250

24116 Unstille Der Weg einer Freiheit · 2012 38.250

24117

A Bit of Devil Zodiac · 2012 38.250

24118 Yakhal' Inkomo Mankunku Quartet · Teal Sound · 1968 38.240

24119

Bowie Now David Bowie · RCA · 1978 38.240

24120

Does Not Exist Perth County Conspiracy · Columbia · 1970 38.220