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 134

3193 It's Time to See Who's Who Conflict · Corpus Christi · 1983 147.030

3194 Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle Bill Callahan · Drag City · 2009 147.030

3195 Mr. Wonderful Fleetwood Mac · Blue Horizon · 1968 147.000

3196 In Effect Mode Al B. Sure! · Warner Bros. Records · 1988 147.000

3197

Millennium Front Line Assembly · Roadrunner Records · 1994 147.000

3198

Balance Surgeon · Tresor · 1998 147.000

3199 Accident in Paradise Sven Väth · Eye Q Records · 1992 146.960

3200 Thresholds Nocturnus · Earache Records · 1992 146.960

3201

All the Roadrunning Mark Knopfler · Nonesuch · 2006 146.940

3202 The Perfect Prescription Spacemen 3 · Glass Records · 1987 146.940

3203 Saturn Strip Alan Vega · Elektra · 1983 146.910

3204

Bloodthirst Cannibal Corpse · Metal Blade Records · 1999 146.910

3205

Acquiring the Taste Gentle Giant · Vertigo · 1971 146.850

3206

Hollie Cook Hollie Cook · Mr Bongo · 2011 146.850

3207

Ten Summoner’s Tales Sting · A&M Records · 1993 146.780

3208 The Self Evident Truth of an Intuitive Mind T.Power · avex trax · 1995 146.762

3209 Londinium Archive · Island · 1996 146.762

3210 On Acid Recondite · 2012 146.762

3211 Soft Thru Claude Young · Elypsia · 1997 146.700

3212

Exorcise the Demons Source Direct · Science · 1999 146.700

3213

Entain Vladislav Delay · Mille Plateaux · 2000 146.700

3214 Entheogenic Entheogenic · Universal Symbiosis Records · 2002 146.700

3215 Music for Adverts (And Short Films) The Black Dog · Warp · 1996 146.680

3216 Revelations Killing Joke · E’G · 1982 146.640