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 1140

27337 Aquashow Elliott Murphy · Polydor · 1973 34.020

27338

Soltad a Barrabas! Barrabás · Ariola · 1974 34.020

27339 Welcome to Paradise Randy Stonehill · 1976 34.020

27340 Moonraker John Barry · United Artists · 1979 34.020

27341

Guilty The Vibrators · Anagram Records · 1982 34.020

27342 Knights of the New Thunder TNT · Vertigo · 1984 34.020

27343 Anatomia Lombard · Savitor · 1985 34.020

27344

Sewertime Blues The Meteors · Anagram Records · 1986 34.020

27345 A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon Warren Zevon · Asylum Records · 1986 34.020

27346 Love & Hate Section 25 · Factory · 1988 34.020

27347 Who? Tony! Toni! Toné! · Wing · 1988 34.020

27348 Life Is a Dance: The Remix Project Chaka Khan · Warner Bros. Records · 1989 34.020

27349 Mosquitos Stan Ridgway · Geffen Records · 1989 34.020

27350 Smiley Smile / Wild Honey The Beach Boys · Capitol Records · 1990 34.020

27351 Schizofrenie Arakain · Supraphon · 1991 34.020

27352 Elevate The Pasadenas · Columbia · 1991 34.020

27353 Rest in Peace Blasphereion · Osmose Productions · 1991 34.020

27354 Stoned Woman Mother Earth · 1992 34.020

27355 Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales William S. Burroughs · Fourth and Broadway Records · 1993 34.020

27356

Scream Pretty Maids · Epic/Sony · 1994 34.020

27357 South of I-10 Sonny Landreth · RCA · 1995 34.020

27358 Meshwork X Marks the Pedwalk · Zoth Ommog · 1995 34.020

27359 The Promise John McLaughlin · Verve · 1995 34.020

27360 Musik für Millionen Acid Scout · Disko B · 1996 34.020