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 127

3025 Mirror Moves The Psychedelic Furs · Columbia · 1984 151.200

3026 Bem bom Gal Costa · RCA · 1985 151.200

3027 Transmissions From the Satellite Heart The Flaming Lips · Warner Bros. Records · 1993 151.200

3028 Forever Breathes the Lonely Word Felt · Creation Records · 1986 151.200

3029

Silence Monolake · Imbalance Computer Music · 2009 151.200

3030 Spinners The Spinners · Atlantic · 1973 151.060

3031

Boy U2 · Island · 1980 151.060

3032 Capital Inicial Capital Inicial · Universal Music · 1986 151.060

3033 !!Destroy‐Oh‐Boy!! New Bomb Turks · Crypt Records · 1993 151.060

3034

The Cry Placid Angles · Peacefrog Records · 1997 151.050

3035 E già Lucio Battisti · Numero uno · 1982 150.920

3036 Hot on the Tracks Commodores · Motown · 1976 150.890

3037 Zerolandia Renato Zero · Zerolandia · 1978 150.890

3038 Guet‐apens Ange · Philips · 1978 150.890

3039 Emerge The Litter · Probe · 1969 150.880

3040 Highway Free · Island · 1970 150.880

3041

The Crackdown Cabaret Voltaire · Some Bizzare · 1983 150.880

3042

No World Order Gamma Ray · Metal-is Records · 2001 150.880

3043 Slow Traffic to the Right Bennie Maupin · Mercury Records · 1977 150.880

3044 Approach Subheim · Tympanik Audio · 2008 150.880

3045 Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke · Nemperor Records · 1974 150.660

3046 Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music Hawkwind · Charisma · 1976 150.660

3047

Mummer XTC · Virgin · 1983 150.660

3048 Attack of the Grey Lantern Mansun · Parlophone · 1997 150.660