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 1099

26353 The Touchstone Azimuth · ECM Records · 1978 35.260

26354 Hunters & Collectors Hunters & Collectors · Mushroom Records · 1982 35.260

26355 Mama Rose Archie Shepp · SteepleChase · 1985 35.260

26356 Continental Drift Data-Bank-A · 1987 35.260

26357

In Out Clair Obscur · V.I.S.A. · 1987 35.260

26358 X vs The World Overlord X · Island · 1990 35.260

26359 They've Scoffed the Lot Talulah Gosh · Sarah Records · 1991 35.260

26360

Back on the Case Acoustic Alchemy · GRP · 1991 35.260

26361 Pleasuredome Disharmonic Orchestra · Steamhammer · 1994 35.260

26362 Mosquito Psychotic Waltz · Bullet Proof Records · 1994 35.260

26363 In Search of… Fu Manchu · Polystar · 1996 35.260

26364 The Examination of Auditory Sense Contagious Orgasm · Ant‐Zen · 1996 35.260

26365 Future of the Past Vader · KOCH International · 1996 35.260

26366 Aggressor Nocturnal Breed · Hammerheart Records · 1997 35.260

26367

The Sky Is Too High Graham Coxon · Transcopic Records · 1998 35.260

26368 Field Recordings From the Cook County Water Table Brokeback · Thrill Jockey · 1999 35.260

26369

Of Stargates and Bloodstained Celestial Spheres Lunar Aurora · Kettenhund Records · 1999 35.260

26370 Selected Werks Rennie Pilgrem · Thursday Club Recordings · 2000 35.260

26371 Synthetic Division Crossbreed · Artemis Records · 2001 35.260

26372

Lycanthropy Patrick Wolf · Faith & Industry · 2003 35.260

26373 I Trawl the MEGAHERTZ Paddy McAloon · EMI · 2003 35.260

26374

Express Way Troublemakers · Blue Note · 2004 35.260

26375 Music for Artificial Clouds The Young Gods · Make Up · 2004 35.260

26376

Colossal Titan Strife Kronos · Xtreem Music · 2004 35.260