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 119

2833 Archipelago Vibrasphere · Digital Structures · 2006 156.400

2834 Hallelujah Canned Heat · Liberty · 1969 156.330

2835

Rendez‐vous Jean Michel Jarre · Disques Dreyfus · 1986 156.310

2836 The J. Geils Band The J. Geils Band · Atlantic · 1970 156.240

2837 Seven Soft Machine · CBS · 1973 156.240

2838

Paranoia Performance Radium · Psychik Genocide · 2001 156.240

2839 Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever Explosions in the Sky · Temporary Residence Limited · 2001 156.240

2840

Marcus Garvey Burning Spear · Island · 1975 156.240

2841 Spirit John Denver · RCA Victor · 1976 156.220

2842

Being There Wilco · Nonesuch · 1996 156.040

2843 Lives in the Balance Jackson Browne · Asylum Records · 1986 156.000

2844 Glasvegas Glasvegas · Columbia · 2008 156.000

2845 Back to the Roots John Mayall · Polydor · 1971 156.000

2846

Sundown Gordon Lightfoot · Rhino · 1974 155.800

2847 Cluster & Eno Cluster · Sky Records · 1977 155.760

2848

Eponymous R.E.M. · I.R.S. Records · 1988 155.760

2849 Lawless Darkness Watain · Season of Mist · 2010 155.760

2850 Adventures in the Land of Music Dynasty · Solar · 1980 155.750

2851 A–Z Colin Newman · Beggars Banquet · 1980 155.750

2852 Wild Cowboys Sadat X · 1996 155.750

2853 In Abhorrence Dementia Limbonic Art · Nocturnal Art Productions · 1997 155.750

2854 Group Sex Circle Jerks · Frontier Records · 1980 155.730

2855

Burn My Eyes Machine Head · Roadrunner Records · 1994 155.730

2856 A Grand Love Story Kid Loco · Yellow Productions · 1997 155.730