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 128

3049 Königsforst Gas · Mille Plateaux · 1998 150.660

3050 Too High to Die Meat Puppets · London Records · 1994 150.540

3051

Knocked Out Loaded Bob Dylan · CBS · 1986 150.500

3052 Traffic Traffic · United Artists · 1968 150.500

3053 All the Best Stiff Little Fingers · Chrysalis · 1983 150.500

3054 Nothing Meshuggah · Nuclear Blast · 2002 150.500

3055 Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne Keith Jarrett · ECM Records · 1973 150.480

3056

Solid Gold Gang of Four · Warner Bros. Records · 1981 150.450

3057 Songs of Darkness, Words of Light My Dying Bride · Peaceville · 2004 150.450

3058

Evangelion Behemoth · Nuclear Blast · 2009 150.450

3059

L’era del cinghiale bianco Franco Battiato · EMI · 1979 150.410

3060 Monolith of Inhumanity Cattle Decapitation · Metal Blade Records · 2012 150.410

3061 Hard Candy Ned Doheny · Columbia · 1976 150.400

3062

Third Soft Machine · CBS · 1970 150.360

3063 Power and Pain Whiplash · Roadracer Records · 1986 150.300

3064 The Age of Quarrel Cro‐Mags · Roadrunner Records · 1986 150.300

3065 Let the Music Play Shannon · Mirage · 1984 150.230

3066 Night Songs Cinderella · Mercury Records · 1986 150.230

3067

Harvest Moon Neil Young · 1992 150.230

3068 My Home's in Alabama Alabama · RCA Victor · 1980 150.220

3069

A Curious Thing Amy Macdonald · Melodramatic Records · 2010 150.220

3070 The Best of Arlo Guthrie Arlo Guthrie · Warner Bros. Records · 1977 150.150

3071 Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic Prince · Arista · 1999 150.150

3072

Battle for the Sun Placebo · Dreambrother · 2009 150.150