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 115

2737 Deus Ex Machina Mindustries · Enzyme Records · 2004 159.280

2738 PHILHARMONY 細野晴臣 · ¥・E・N RECORDS · 1982 159.250

2739

Warm Leatherette Grace Jones · Island · 1980 159.210

2740 Fresh Fish Special Robert Gordon · Private Stock · 1978 159.200

2741 Bye Bye Trio · Mercury Records · 1983 159.200

2742 Packed! Pretenders · Sire Records · 1990 159.140

2743 Directions to See a Ghost The Black Angels · Light in the Attic Records · 2008 159.100

2744 Dog of Two Head Status Quo · Pye Records · 1971 159.080

2745

Rampant Nazareth · Vertigo · 1974 159.080

2746

Caress of Steel Rush · Mercury Records · 1975 159.080

2747 Reflections Jerry Garcia · Round Records · 1976 159.080

2748 Natural History The March Violets · 1984 159.080

2749 Especially for You The Smithereens · Enigma · 1986 159.080

2750 Clics modernos Charly García · SG Discos · 1983 159.030

2751

My Sol Dark Direction Suburban Knight · Peacefrog Records · 2003 159.030

2752 Tetrahedron Crop Circles · 2008 159.030

2753

Freek Funk Luke Slater · novamute · 1997 158.950

2754 Passage Through Time Da Grassroots · Conception Records · 1999 158.860

2755 Sonic Attack Hawkwind · RCA · 1981 158.760

2756 High Land, Hard Rain Aztec Camera · Nuevos Medios · 1983 158.760

2757

By the Light of the Moon Los Lobos · Slash · 1987 158.760

2758

A Ghost Is Born Wilco · Nonesuch · 2004 158.760

2759

Bazooka Tooth Aesop Rock · Definitive Jux · 2003 158.760

2760

Chemins de terre Alan Stivell · Fontana · 1974 158.620