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 14

313 Beauty and the Beat Go‐Go’s · I.R.S. Records · 1981 443.820

314

Champion Sound Jaylib · Stones Throw Records · 2003 443.610

315

The Cold Vein Cannibal Ox · Definitive Jux · 2001 442.700

316 In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Neutral Milk Hotel · Merge Records · 1998 441.440

317

Enlightened Rogues The Allman Brothers Band · Capricorn Records · 1979 441.040

318 Green R.E.M. · Warner Bros. Records · 1988 439.450

319 Ghostdancer The Martian · Red Planet · 1995 438.620

320

Wasting Light Foo Fighters · RCA · 2011 438.620

321

Joe’s Garage: Act I Frank Zappa · CBS · 1979 437.740

322

Black Celebration Depeche Mode · Mute · 1986 437.360

323

Post Björk · Mother Records · 1995 435.960

324 In Between Dreams Jack Johnson · Jack Johnson LP3 · 2005 435.600

325 Aural Sculpture The Stranglers · Epic · 1984 435.240

326

Against the Grain Bad Religion · Epitaph · 1990 435.210

327

Move It On Over George Thorogood and the Destroyers · Rounder · 1978 434.970

328

Wish The Cure · Fiction · 1992 434.700

329

Pretty Hate Machine Nine Inch Nails · Island · 1989 434.320

330 One Second Yello · Mercury Records · 1987 434.300

331 Setting Sons The Jam · Polydor · 1979 432.580

332 Shed Title Fight · SideOneDummy Records · 2011 432.450

333

5150 Van Halen · Warner Bros. Records · 1986 431.760

334 Classics Ratatat · XL Recordings · 2006 431.650

335

For Everyman Jackson Browne · Asylum Records · 1973 431.340

336 Coney Island Baby Lou Reed · RCA Victor · 1975 430.770