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 1006

24121 Bodacious D.F. Bodacious D.F. · RCA Victor · 1973 38.220

24122 Go Ahead Linx · Chrysalis · 1981 38.220

24123 Jump Street Rose Royce · Whitfield Records · 1981 38.220

24124 Vengeance Vengeance · CBS · 1984 38.220

24125 Positive Power Steve Arrington’s Hall of Fame · Atlantic · 1984 38.220

24126 Back to 19 Mistakes Gruppo Sportivo · Ariola · 1988 38.220

24127

Blast Culture FFF · Epic · 1991 38.220

24128 Homicidal Dolls Armageddon Dildos · Zoth Ommog · 1993 38.220

24129 Aria Asia · I.R.S. Records · 1994 38.220

24130 At the End of the Cliché Carl Cox · Worldwide Ultimatum Records · 1996 38.220

24131 Total Station Mick Harris · Sub Rosa · 1998 38.220

24132 Sagovindars boning Otyg · Napalm Records · 1999 38.220

24133 Venni Vetti Vecci Ja Rule · Def Jam Recordings · 1999 38.220

24134

Überfall Massive Töne · 1999 38.220

24135

The W Wu‐Tang Clan · Columbia · 2000 38.220

24136 Wechsel Garland Wechsel Garland · Morr Music · 2000 38.220

24137 Nonument Sybarite · 4AD · 2002 38.220

24138 Discharge Discharge · Sanctuary Records · 2002 38.220

24139 Black Eyes Black Eyes · Dischord Records · 2003 38.220

24140

The Fuse Pennywise · Epitaph · 2005 38.220

24141 Separation Sunday The Hold Steady · Frenchkiss Records · 2005 38.220

24142 Stem Stem in Electro HṚṢṬA · Constellation · 2005 38.220

24143 The Price of Existence All Shall Perish · Nuclear Blast · 2006 38.220

24144

Octopus The Bees · Virgin · 2007 38.220