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 155

3697 DJ-Kicks: Daddy G Daddy G · !K7 · 2004 135.520

3698 Make It Easy on Yourself Burt Bacharach · A&M Records · 1969 135.420

3699 Chicago 13 Chicago · Columbia · 1979 135.420

3700 The Dirty Version AG · 1999 135.420

3701 Soundtrack [313] The Detroit Escalator Co. · Ferox Records · 1996 135.326

3702 Fourth Soft Machine · CBS · 1971 135.300

3703 Warning II Warning · Polydor · 1983 135.300

3704 Superstition Siouxsie and the Banshees · Polydor · 1991 135.300

3705 Strange Cargo III William Orbit · Virgin · 1993 135.300

3706

Destiny Stratovarius · T&T Records · 1998 135.300

3707 Live Herald Steve Hillage · Virgin · 1979 135.290

3708 Acid Acid · Giant Records · 1982 135.290

3709

Big Time Tom Waits · Island · 1988 135.290

3710 Allroy’s Revenge ALL · Cruz Records · 1989 135.290

3711 Parade of the Athletes Tiësto · Kontor Records · 2004 135.290

3712

Musique, Volume 1: 1993–2005 Daft Punk · Virgin · 2006 135.290

3713 Killer on the Rampage Eddy Grant · ICE · 1982 135.280

3714 Angels Versus Animals Front 242 · Red Rhino Europe · 1993 135.280

3715 Wake Up... It's Tomorrow Strawberry Alarm Clock · UNI Records · 1968 135.280

3716 Dataplex Ryoji Ikeda · Raster‐Noton · 2005 135.280

3717 Heartbreaker Ryan Adams · Cooking Vinyl · 2000 135.270

3718 tHe gHost oF eAch rOom cEvin Key · Subconscious Communications · 2001 135.240

3719

Mr. Beast Mogwai · [PIAS] Recordings · 2006 135.200

3720 Picture Music Klaus Schulze · A.V.I. · 1975 135.150