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 148

3529

Nina Simone Sings the Blues Nina Simone · RCA Victor · 1967 139.230

3530 Huntington Ashram Monastery Alice Coltrane · impulse! · 1969 139.230

3531 Lilás Djavan · Epic International · 1984 139.230

3532 Further Gridlock · Pendragon Records · 1999 139.230

3533 Sloppy Seconds Dr. Hook · Columbia · 1972 139.200

3534

Crest of a Knave Jethro Tull · Chrysalis · 1987 139.200

3535 Passionworks Heart · Epic · 1983 139.160

3536 More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art Carl Craig · SSR Records · 1997 138.920

3537

Submers loscil · kranky · 2002 138.920

3538

Let My People Go Darondo · Ubiquity · 2006 138.920

3539 Motivation Radio Steve Hillage · Atlantic · 1977 138.840

3540 Illegal Grobschnitt · Metronome · 1980 138.840

3541 Performance Eloy · Harvest · 1983 138.840

3542 Sunburst Eddie Henderson · Blue Note · 1975 138.840

3543

13 Songs Fugazi · Dischord Records · 1989 138.840

3544

The Reminder Feist · Polydor · 2007 138.840

3545 Sinbad Weldon Irvine · RCA Victor · 1976 138.700

3546 Aste Ø · Sähkö Recordings · 2006 138.700

3547 Go Girl Crazy The Dictators · Epic · 1975 138.610

3548

Expo 86 Wolf Parade · Sub Pop Records · 2010 138.610

3549

A Thing Called Divine Fits Divine Fits · Merge Records · 2012 138.610

3550 Alarm Clock Richie Havens · Stormy Forest · 1970 138.600

3551 Huevos Meat Puppets · SST Records · 1987 138.600

3552 Terra mia Pino Daniele · EMI · 1977 138.600