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 153

3649 Special Forces Alice Cooper · Warner Bros. Records · 1981 136.500

3650 Bandstand Family · Mainline · 1972 136.500

3651

Stormwatch Jethro Tull · Chrysalis · 1979 136.500

3652 Rhyme & Reason Missing Persons · Capitol Records · 1984 136.500

3653

Modern Life Is Rubbish Blur · Food · 1993 136.500

3654 Frost Enslaved · Osmose Productions · 1994 136.400

3655 Re-Entry Techno Animal · Virgin · 1995 136.400

3656 Hate Sinister · Nuclear Blast · 1995 136.400

3657 Cornerstone Styx · A&M Records · 1979 136.290

3658 Synthetic Flesh Technossomy · Flying Rhino Records · 1997 136.170

3659 B‐2 Unit 坂本龍一 · Plexus · 1988 136.160

3660 Quah Jorma Kaukonen · Grunt · 1974 136.120

3661 Happy the Man Happy the Man · Arista · 1977 136.120

3662 Sentinela Milton Nascimento · Mercury Records · 1980 136.120

3663 Bleed American Jimmy Eat World · DreamWorks Records · 2001 136.120

3664

Narrow Stairs Death Cab for Cutie · Atlantic · 2008 136.120

3665 Angst in My Pants Sparks · Atlantic · 1982 136.120

3666 Luna Sea Firefall · Atlantic · 1977 136.080

3667 Face the Music Electric Light Orchestra · United Artists · 1975 136.080

3668

Century Child Nightwish · Spinefarm Records · 2002 136.080

3669 Helen of Troy John Cale · Island · 1975 136.080

3670 Ceremony The Cult · Beggars Banquet · 1991 136.080

3671 Luxury You Can Afford Joe Cocker · Asylum Records · 1978 136.040

3672 Juice Juice Newton · Capitol Records · 1981 136.040