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 1256

30121

A Heap of Broken Images Blue Sky Black Death · Mush Records · 2006 31.080

30122 Goatcraft Torment Urgehal · Southern Lord · 2006 31.080

30123 Times Infinity Sickboy · Peace Off · 2007 31.080

30124 Music for Planetarium Jack Dangers · Brainwashed Recordings · 2008 31.080

30125 Speech Therapy Speech Debelle · Big Dada · 2009 31.080

30126

Potato Hole Booker T. · Anti‐ · 2009 31.080

30127 Heavy Jochen Distelmeyer · Columbia · 2009 31.080

30128 A Million Dead Stars The Brew · 2010 31.080

30129 Jahreszeiten Reinhard Mey · Intercord · 1980 31.050

30130 Glove Me Steelover · Mausoleum Records · 1984 31.050

30131 Con-Test FM · Quality · 1985 31.020

30132 Magic Hotel Toploader · Sony Soho Square · 2002 31.020

30133

Purple Sun Tomasz Stańko Quintet · CALIG · 1973 31.020

30134 Space Wrangler Widespread Panic · Landslide Records · 1988 31.020

30135 Bluff El Inquilino Comunista · Radiation Records · 1994 31.020

30136 Hold It Down Madball · Epitaph · 2000 31.020

30137 The Storm Michael Stearns · Spotted Peccary · 2001 31.020

30138 Lettuce Propelled Rockets DJ Vadim · JFM Records · 2005 31.020

30139 The Grease Band The Grease Band · 1971 30.960

30140 Felix de Luxe Felix de Luxe · Polydor · 1984 30.960

30141 Keeper of the Flame Golden Earring · Virgin · 1989 30.960

30142 Green Man Mark Owen · BMG · 1996 30.960

30143 Signs and Signals Johann Bley · GTN · 2000 30.960

30144 One Chance Paul Potts · Syco Music · 2007 30.960