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 117

2785 Phoenix Dan Fogelberg · Epic · 1979 157.620

2786 Night Passage Weather Report · Columbia · 1980 157.600

2787

Jazz From Hell Frank Zappa · EMI · 1986 157.600

2788

Music for Men Gossip · Columbia · 2009 157.560

2789 Get on the Good Foot James Brown · Polydor · 1972 157.530

2790 Pacific Ocean Blue Dennis Wilson · Sony Music · 1977 157.530

2791 Time Passages Al Stewart · Arista · 1978 157.500

2792 Indecent & Obscene Dismember · Nuclear Blast · 1993 157.500

2793

The Promise Bruce Springsteen · Columbia · 2010 157.500

2794 Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg Jane Birkin · Fontana · 1969 157.470

2795

A Shocking Hobby Speedy J · novamute · 2000 157.470

2796

Be Common · Geffen Records · 2005 157.470

2797 Into the Purple Valley Ry Cooder · 1972 157.440

2798 Into the Music Van Morrison · Mercury Records · 1979 157.440

2799 Seamonsters The Wedding Present · RCA · 1991 157.430

2800

Things Fall Apart The Roots · MCA Records · 1999 157.380

2801 This Is Niecy Deniece Williams · Columbia · 1976 157.250

2802 Warren Zevon Warren Zevon · Asylum Records · 1976 157.250

2803 We Created Our Own Happiness X-Dream · Avatar Records · 1996 157.170

2804

Boundaries of Imagination Armin van Buuren · Black Hole Recordings · 1999 157.170

2805 That Much Closer to the Sun Abakus · Liquid Sound Design · 2004 157.170

2806 True Story of Abner Jay Abner Jay · 2009 157.170

2807 The Boys Light Up Australian Crawl · EMI · 1980 157.140

2808

Street Fighting Years Simple Minds · Virgin · 1989 157.140