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 1348

32329

Boheme Deep Forest · Epic · 1995 28.860

32330 A Few Small Repairs Shawn Colvin · Columbia · 1996 28.860

32331 Versus Malaria! · Superstar Recordings · 2001 28.860

32332 Regenerated Elysium Project · Avatar Records · 2002 28.860

32333

Ma'at Mama Ursula Rucker · !K7 · 2006 28.860

32334 Insomnia (həd) p.e. · Suburban Noize Records · 2007 28.860

32335 Evelyn Evelyn Evelyn Evelyn · Eleven Records · 2010 28.860

32336 De Homine Urbano Ache · Philips · 1970 28.860

32337 Welcome to Goose Creek Goose Creek Symphony · Capitol Records · 1971 28.860

32338 The Chi-Lites / The Romanceers The Chi‐Lites · Pickwick/33 Records · 1972 28.860

32339 Surprise Lynsey de Paul · MAM · 1973 28.860

32340 Help Is on the Way Melissa Manchester · Arista · 1976 28.860

32341 Salma ya salama Dalida · Ariola · 1977 28.860

32342 Too Late to Cry Widowmaker · United Artists · 1977 28.860

32343 Wer Schmetterlinge lachen hört Novalis · 1979 28.860

32344 Buchenwald Whitehouse · Come Organisation · 1981 28.860

32345 Intrigue Zero Nine · Poko Rekords · 1986 28.860

32346 The Ice Machine Breaking Circus · Homestead Records · 1986 28.860

32347 Fried Milk Tar Babies · SST Records · 1987 28.860

32348 Baby Trotsky Icepick · SST Records · 1988 28.860

32349 Buppie Culture Macka B · Ariwa · 1989 28.860

32350 Béla Fleck and the Flecktones Béla Fleck and the Flecktones · Warner Bros. Records · 1990 28.860

32351 Volume One Sleep · Very Small Records · 1991 28.860

32352 Lyse nætter Alberte · Pladecompagniet · 1991 28.860