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 154

3673 Passion Jennifer Rush · CBS · 1988 136.040

3674 Sessions 2000 Jean Michel Jarre · Disques Dreyfus · 2002 136.040

3675 Yesshows Yes · Atlantic · 1979 136.000

3676

Saint Julian Julian Cope · Island · 1987 136.000

3677 A Thousand Leaves Sonic Youth · Geffen Records · 1998 136.000

3678 Friends Chick Corea · Polydor · 1978 136.000

3679 The IVth Crusade Bolt Thrower · Earache Records · 1992 135.900

3680

In Sadness, Silence and Solitude raison d’être · Cold Meat Industry · 1997 135.900

3681 Imaginos Blue Öyster Cult · Columbia · 1988 135.880

3682

Dantzig Twist Marquis de Sade · Barclay · 1979 135.880

3683

You Are Free Cat Power · Matador · 2003 135.880

3684 Captured Live at The Forum Three Dog Night · MCA Records · 1969 135.800

3685 Peace Eurythmics · RCA · 1999 135.780

3686

Root Down Jimmy Smith · Verve · 1972 135.780

3687 One Last Laugh in a Place of Dying... The God Machine · Polydor · 1994 135.780

3688 The Good Earth Manfred Mann’s Earth Band · Bronze · 1974 135.720

3689 The Soul Album Otis Redding · Volt · 1966 135.720

3690 Dark Continent Wall of Voodoo · I.R.S. Records · 1981 135.720

3691 The Crucifucks The Crucifucks · Alternative Tentacles · 1984 135.720

3692 Urban Discipline Biohazard · Roadrunner Records · 1992 135.720

3693

Scott 3 Scott Walker · Philips · 1969 135.590

3694

Blue Energy Jaïa · Cross Records · 1998 135.590

3695 Evangeline Emmylou Harris · Warner Bros. Records · 1981 135.520

3696 The Unseen Quasimoto · Stones Throw Records · 2000 135.520