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 1445

34657 New Look New Look · !K7 · 2011 26.970

34658 Success Puce Mary · Posh Isolation · 2013 26.970

34659 Starry Eyed & Laughing Starry Eyed & Laughing · CBS · 1974 26.950

34660 The Evidence Evidence · Mercury Records · 1979 26.950

34661 Robert John Robert John · EMI America · 1979 26.950

34662 The Original Sin Cowboys International · Virgin · 1979 26.950

34663 Milsap Magic Ronnie Milsap · RCA · 1980 26.950

34664 Morak Franz Morak · Polydor · 1980 26.950

34665 Tic & Tac Area · CGD · 1980 26.950

34666 Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places Kid Creole and the Coconuts · ZE Records · 1981 26.950

34667 The Savoy Recordings Lester Young · Savoy Jazz · 1984 26.950

34668

Face to Face 999 · Labritain · 1985 26.950

34669 Land of Opportunity E-I-E-I-O · 1985 26.950

34670 IX One Way · MCA Records · 1986 26.950

34671 Romeo at Juilliard Don Dixon · Enigma · 1987 26.950

34672 Question of Time Style · Columbia · 1988 26.950

34673 Verklighetens afton John Holm · wea · 1988 26.950

34674 Hellbent on Compromise Edwyn Collins · 1990 26.950

34675 Powerstance! The Fleshtones · Big Beat · 1991 26.950

34676

A Man Called E E · Polydor · 1992 26.950

34677 Love Always K‐Ci & JoJo · MCA Records · 1997 26.950

34678

My Big Hero 12 Rounds · Nothing Records · 1998 26.950

34679 The Sebadoh Sebadoh · Sub Pop Records · 1999 26.950

34680 Music for Imaginary Films Arling & Cameron · Emperor Norton · 2000 26.950