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 1362

32665

Quest for Fire Quest for Fire · Storyboard Label · 2008 28.560

32666 III Maylene and the Sons of Disaster · Ferret Music · 2009 28.560

32667

Angels of Love Yngwie Malmsteen · Rising Force Records · 2009 28.560

32668 American Ghetto Portugal. The Man · Equal Vision Records · 2010 28.560

32669

VOCAbuLarieS Bobby McFerrin · EmArcy · 2010 28.560

32670 Shame, Shame Dr. Dog · Anti‐ · 2010 28.560

32671 Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns John Hiatt · New West Records · 2011 28.560

32672

The Low Highway Steve Earle & the Dukes (& Duchesses) · New West Records · 2013 28.560

32673 Hardcore Lives! Anarchy 6 28.560

32674 The Jazz Harpist Dorothy Ashby · Regent Records · 1957 28.520

32675 Red in Blues-Ville Red Garland · Prestige · 1959 28.520

32676 Rooster Blues Lightnin’ Slim · 1960 28.520

32677 Breaking Point Freddie Hubbard · Blue Note · 1964 28.520

32678 Dresses Too Short Syl Johnson · Twinight Records · 1968 28.520

32679 Som Imaginário Som Imaginário · Odeon · 1970 28.520

32680

Master of Reality Black Sabbath · Warner Bros. Records · 1971 28.520

32681 Live! Pat Martino · Muse Records · 1974 28.520

32682 Teaching You the Fear Really Red · C.I.A. Records · 1981 28.520

32683 Bubble Up Wayne Jarrett · 1982 28.520

32684

Powerslave Iron Maiden · EMI · 1984 28.520

32685

Lost Terrain Jeff Greinke · Silent · 1992 28.520

32686 Inercia Lagartija Nick · CBS/Sony · 1992 28.520

32687 Surface 10 Surface 10 · Hypnotic Records · 1996 28.520

32688 Static Soundscapes: Three Lights at the End of the World Oöphoi · Hic Sunt Leones · 1996 28.520