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 11

241

Construction Time Again Depeche Mode · Mute · 1983 495.510

242 Heaven or Las Vegas Cocteau Twins · 4AD · 1990 495.040

243 We Too Are One Eurythmics · RCA · 1989 495.000

244 Not Waving, but Drowning Loyle Carner · AMF Records · 2019 493.120

245

Excitable Boy Warren Zevon · Asylum Records · 1978 492.420

246

Exit Planet Dust The Chemical Brothers · Freestyle Dust · 1995 492.300

247

Turnstiles Billy Joel · Columbia · 1976 492.170

248 Toulouse Street The Doobie Brothers · Warner Bros. Records · 1972 491.670

249 Filigree & Shadow This Mortal Coil · 4AD · 1986 490.160

250 On the Border Eagles · Asylum Records · 1974 489.010

251 Los Angeles X · Slash · 1980 488.700

252 Dead Can Dance Dead Can Dance · 4AD · 1984 486.830

253

Pendulum Creedence Clearwater Revival · Fantasy · 1970 486.260

254 Nina Hagen Band Nina Hagen Band · CBS · 1978 486.260

255

Presence Led Zeppelin · Swan Song · 1976 484.720

256 Dirt Alice in Chains · Columbia · 1992 484.200

257 Reckoning R.E.M. · I.R.S. Records · 1984 483.720

258 Extreme Aggression Kreator · Epic · 1989 482.300

259 I Got a Name Jim Croce · Vertigo · 1973 479.200

260 Strangers in the Night Frank Sinatra · Concord Records · 1966 478.880

261 Frankenchrist Dead Kennedys · Alternative Tentacles · 1985 478.500

262 Ted Nugent Ted Nugent · Epic · 1975 477.160

263 Offramp Pat Metheny Group · ECM Records · 1982 476.960

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Rickie Lee Jones Rickie Lee Jones · Warner Bros. Records · 1979 476.370