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 1097

26305 Yes. No. Shut It. The Hunches · In the Red Records · 2002 35.261

26306 Of Cities DJ Signify · Bully Records · 2009 35.261

26307 Edison Fonográf · Pepita · 1977 35.260

26308 Hot House Flowers Wynton Marsalis · Columbia · 1984 35.260

26309 Transit Ira Stein · Windham Hill Records · 1986 35.260

26310 Live at the Copa The Temptations · Motown · 1986 35.260

26311 High Tension Wires Steve Morse · MCA Records · 1989 35.260

26312 Under a Purple Sky Siglo XX · 1989 35.260

26313 Prichytený pri živote TEAM · Opus · 1989 35.260

26314 Blow Red Lorry Yellow Lorry · Situation Two · 1989 35.260

26315 Dutch Courage Poison Idea · Bitzcore · 1991 35.260

26316

Flags & Emblems Stiff Little Fingers · Dojo Records · 1991 35.260

26317 Joined Up Writing / The Sitting Room Anne Clark · Virgin · 1991 35.260

26318 Bird Nest on the Ground Doyle Bramhall · Antone’s Records · 1994 35.260

26319 Thirst Citizen Fish · Lookout! Records · 1996 35.260

26320 Not in My Airforce Robert Pollard · Matador · 1996 35.260

26321

Live Lacrimosa · Hall of Sermon · 1998 35.260

26322 Slag Boom Van Loon Slag Boom Van Loon · Planet Mu · 1998 35.260

26323 Backstock John Tejada · Palette Recordings · 2001 35.260

26324 Spectral Transition: Dimension Sirius Sirius · Nocturnal Art Productions · 2001 35.260

26325 Notes From the Past Kaipa · Inside Out Music · 2002 35.260

26326 The Fire Theft The Fire Theft · 2003 35.260

26327

Simulations 2.0 L'Ombre · Ant‐Zen · 2004 35.260

26328 Accentuate the Positive Al Jarreau · Verve · 2004 35.260