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 1376

33001 Skins 'n' Punks, Volume Two Oi Polloi · Oi! Records · 1987 28.350

33002 I.L.D. Rockhaus · AMIGA · 1988 28.350

33003 Al di là del muro Luca Barbarossa · CBS · 1989 28.350

33004 Sabor salado Los Ronaldos · EMI · 1990 28.350

33005 Beyond the Season Garth Brooks · Liberty · 1992 28.350

33006 Hit to Death in the Future Head The Flaming Lips · Warner Bros. Records · 1992 28.350

33007 Come to Me France Joli · 1993 28.350

33008 Halo Prayer Tower · Third Mind Records · 1993 28.350

33009 12 Play R. Kelly · Jive · 1993 28.350

33010 Moistboyz II Moistboyz · Grand Royal · 1996 28.350

33011 With These Hands Alejandro Escovedo · 1996 28.350

33012 Norma Waterson Norma Waterson · Hannibal · 1996 28.350

33013 I Love My Friends Duffy · Quattro Records · 1997 28.350

33014 Electrocide Silicon Scally · SCSI-AV · 1998 28.350

33015 Duende A Man Called Adam · 1998 28.350

33016

Execution Tracks Funker Vogt · Zoth Ommog · 1998 28.350

33017

Tomorrow Hit Today Mudhoney · Music on Vinyl · 1998 28.350

33018 Deglaze Aube · Old Europa Cafe · 1998 28.350

33019 Elongated Pentagonal Pyramid Akira Rabelais · Ritornell · 1999 28.350

33020 Spirit Storage Format Klangstabil · Ant‐Zen · 1999 28.350

33021 I Wanna Be With You Mandy Moore · Epic · 2000 28.350

33022 Scattered, Smothered & Covered Hootie & the Blowfish · Atlantic · 2000 28.350

33023 Victory or Death Folkstorm · Cold Spring · 2000 28.350

33024 Elevator 3: Digitalanalog Mood Music Curd Duca · Mille Plateaux · 2000 28.350