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 1404

33673 Come as You Are Peter Wolf · EMI America · 1987 27.720

33674 Shake Me Up Little Feat · Morgan Creek Records · 1991 27.720

33675 In Control, Volume II: For Your Steering Pleasure Marley Marl · Cold Chillin’ · 1991 27.720

33676 Thog Gray Matter · Dischord Records · 1992 27.720

33677 Lost Elegy · T&T Records · 1995 27.720

33678 The Surveillance Trans Am · Thrill Jockey · 1998 27.720

33679 The Spinebender Rowland & Simon · Bionic Orange · 1998 27.720

33680 Hey! Album Marvelous 3 · Elektra · 1998 27.720

33681

Tha G-Code Juvenile · Cash Money Records · 1999 27.720

33682 (I Wish There Could Be) Mountains of Time Savoy · EMI · 1999 27.720

33683 Five Deadly Venoms Merauder · Century Media · 1999 27.720

33684 Feeding the Wheel Jordan Rudess · AVALON · 2001 27.720

33685 Microbes Freiband · Ritornell · 2001 27.720

33686 Starship Galactica Cex · 555 Recordings · 2001 27.720

33687

Rock Steady No Doubt · Interscope Records · 2001 27.720

33688 New Sacred Cow Kenna · Columbia · 2002 27.720

33689 North Atlantic Drift Ocean Colour Scene · Sanctuary Records · 2003 27.720

33690 Black August Killah Priest · Recon Records · 2003 27.720

33691 Nufonia Must Fall Kid Koala · Ninja Tune · 2003 27.720

33692 Sweet Vengeance Nightrage · Century Media · 2003 27.720

33693 Shining on You Viktoria Tolstoy · ACT · 2004 27.720

33694

Flux Encre · Clapping Music · 2004 27.720

33695 Warnings / Promises Idlewild · Parlophone · 2005 27.720

33696 Mind How You Go Skye · Atlantic · 2006 27.720