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 1295

31057 Masque of the Red Death Diamanda Galás · Mute · 1988 30.030

31058 Little Girl Blue Nina Simone · 1994 30.030

31059 Deutsche Krieger Andreas Ammer · Our Choice · 1996 30.030

31060 Valium Naked Funk · Pussyfoot Records Ltd · 1996 30.030

31061 Rogue Element Soft Head · Ogun Recordings · 1996 30.030

31062 Everybody Knows We Got Nowhere The Heads · Rooster · 2000 30.030

31063 Sasquatch Sasquatch · Small Stone Records · 2004 30.030

31064 Intuition Sessions, Volume 1: South Africa Menno de Jong · Intuition Recordings · 2007 30.030

31065

Wonders Oliveray · Erased Tapes Records · 2011 30.030

31066

Remains of Shapes to Come Ruby My Dear · Ad Noiseam · 2012 30.030

31067

Palms Palms · Ipecac Recordings · 2013 30.030

31068 Rückverzauberung 10 / Nationalpark Wolfgang Voigt · Profan · 2015 30.030

31069 The Gentrys The Gentrys · Sun · 1970 30.020

31070 Così ride Enzo Jannacci Enzo Jannacci · RCA · 1976 30.020

31071 Tiderne skifter Sebastian · Exlibris Musik · 1979 30.020

31072

Cool Night Paul Davis · Arista · 1981 30.020

31073 TNT TNT · Vertigo · 1983 30.020

31074 Maijanen Pave Maijanen · Parlophone · 1984 30.020

31075 The Lover Speaks The Lover Speaks · A&M Records · 1986 30.020

31076 World Saxophone Quartet Plays Duke Ellington World Saxophone Quartet · Nonesuch · 1986 30.020

31077 Diablo Guapo Bastro · Homestead Records · 1989 30.020

31078 Angels in Pigtails Terminal Cheesecake · Pathological Records · 1990 30.020

31079 Collection of Souls Master · Nuclear Blast · 1993 30.020

31080 Across the Water Jadis · Giant Electric Pea · 1994 30.020