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 1199

28753 Live at Village West Ron Carter · Concord Jazz · 1984 32.560

28754 You Are the Victim Raw Power · Meccano Records · 1984 32.560

28755 Hear It Is The Flaming Lips · Restless Records · 1986 32.560

28756 Prairie School Freakout Eleventh Dream Day · Amoeba Records · 1988 32.560

28757 The Quakes The Quakes · Nervous Records · 1988 32.560

28758 Mlah Les Négresses Vertes · Torso · 1988 32.560

28759 Gretchen Goes to Nebraska King’s X · Atlantic · 1989 32.560

28760 The New Morality SFA · 1991 32.560

28761 Cyclops Nuclear Submarine Captain Dogbowl · Shimmy Disc · 1991 32.560

28762 An Eye for the Main Chance Rosetta Stone · Bellaphon · 1991 32.560

28763 In flimmernder Nacht… Endraum · Danse Macabre · 1993 32.560

28764 As the Wolves Gather Forgotten Woods · No Colours Records · 1994 32.560

28765

95200 Ministère AMER · Musidisc · 1994 32.560

28766 Die schönen Rosen Element of Crime · Motor Music · 1996 32.560

28767 Despedazado por mil partes La Renga · Interdisc · 1996 32.560

28768 Take It From the Man! The Brian Jonestown Massacre · BOMP! Records · 1996 32.560

28769 Moss Elixir Robyn Hitchcock · Warner Bros. Records · 1996 32.560

28770 Symphonica Ruins · Tzadik · 1998 32.560

28771 To the Goddess Electricity Rational Youth · Artoffact Records · 1999 32.560

28772 Before We Forget Azymuth · Far Out Recordings · 2000 32.560

28773 The Essence of J. Rawls J. Rawls · Groove Attack Productions · 2001 32.560

28774 Jokaiselle tulta Soul Captain Band · 2001 32.560

28775 Newness Ends The New Year · Touch and Go Records · 2001 32.560

28776 Timothy Wilson Timothy Wilson · Expansion · 2002 32.560