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 113

2689 Bilious Paths μ‐Ziq · Planet Mu · 2003 160.800

2690 The Gospel According to the Meninblack The Stranglers · Liberty · 1981 160.680

2691

Shpritsz Herman Brood & His Wild Romance · Ariola · 1978 160.650

2692 Perhaps The Associates · wea · 1985 160.560

2693 Love Aztec Camera · Sire Records · 1987 160.500

2694 Mind Bomb The The · Epic · 1989 160.440

2695

Fever to Tell Yeah Yeah Yeahs · Dress Up · 2003 160.440

2696 J.A.C. Tosca · !K7 · 2005 160.440

2697 Be What You Are The Staple Singers · Stax · 1973 160.380

2698

The Blue Cafe Chris Rea · EastWest · 1998 160.380

2699

Before the Frost... Until the Freeze The Black Crowes · Silver Arrow · 2009 160.380

2700

Jesus Was a Capricorn Kris Kristofferson · Monument · 1972 160.360

2701 Baby It’s Me Diana Ross · Motown · 1977 160.360

2702

Producer 01 LTJ Bukem · Good Looking Records · 2000 160.200

2703 At the Controls James Holden · Resist Music · 2006 160.200

2704 One Track Mind The Egyptian Lover · 1986 160.200

2705 Cleanse Fold and Manipulate Skinny Puppy · Capitol Records · 1987 160.200

2706

Yellow House Grizzly Bear · Warp · 2006 160.200

2707 Nightbirds LaBelle · Epic · 1974 160.190

2708 The Eight Legged Groove Machine The Wonder Stuff · Polydor · 1988 160.190

2709

Wild Mood Swings The Cure · Fiction · 1996 160.190

2710

Tourist History Two Door Cinema Club · Kitsuné · 2010 160.190

2711 The Colours of Chloë Eberhard Weber · ECM Records · 1974 160.160

2712 Black Talk! Charles Earland · Prestige · 1970 160.080