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 1409

33793 Metropolitan Man Alan Price · Polydor · 1975 27.650

33794 Widowmaker Widowmaker · United Artists · 1976 27.650

33795 Time Loves a Hero Little Feat · Warner Bros. Records · 1977 27.650

33796 Celebration Sally Oldfield · Bronze · 1980 27.650

33797 Greatest Hits Dr. Hook · Capitol Records · 1980 27.650

33798 Hyperactive Savage · British Steel · 1985 27.650

33799 Most of the Girls Like to Dance but Only Some of the Boys Like To Don Dixon · Enigma · 1985 27.650

33800 Riposte (A Little Resolve) Slovenly · SST Records · 1987 27.650

33801

Le Beat Group Electrique Wreckless Eric · New Rose Records · 1989 27.650

33802 Raw Keith LeBlanc · 1990 27.650

33803 Shapeshifter Gong · Celluloid · 1992 27.650

33804 Sesame’s Treet Smart E’s · Pyrotech Records · 1992 27.650

33805 Flotsam Jetsam Robert Wyatt · Rough Trade · 1994 27.650

33806 Love After Death Bang Tango · Brunette · 1994 27.650

33807 Ultraphobic Warrant · Sanctuary Records · 1995 27.650

33808 The Next Room Mordred · 1995 27.650

33809 New Pagan World Har-El · Nephilim Records · 1995 27.650

33810

Guns in the Ghetto UB40 · Virgin · 1997 27.650

33811 Odin Owns Ye All Einherjer · Century Media · 1998 27.650

33812 LeAnn Rimes LeAnn Rimes · Curb Records · 1999 27.650

33813 One Part Lullaby The Folk Implosion · Interscope Records · 1999 27.650

33814 Mob Mentality The Business · Taang! Records · 2000 27.650

33815 Time on Earth Hugo · 2000 27.650

33816 Doctor Syntax Edwyn Collins · Setanta Records · 2002 27.650