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 1616

38761 Wilderness C.W. McCall · Polydor · 1976 24.000

38762 Freundliche Gesichter Reinhard Mey · Intercord · 1981 24.000

38763 De l'amour Odeurs · RCA Victor · 1981 24.000

38764 Silberstreifen Udo Jürgens · Ariola · 1982 24.000

38765 Eureka The Bible · Chrysalis · 1988 24.000

38766 Hvide løgne One Two · Medley Records · 1989 24.000

38767 Sewn to the Sky Smog · Disaster Records · 1990 24.000

38768 Beautiful People Ltd Beautiful People, Ltd · Sub Rosa · 1992 24.000

38769

RFTC Rocket From the Crypt · Sympathy for the Record Industry · 1998 24.000

38770 Forbidden Fruit Elegy · T&T Records · 2000 24.000

38771 866 and Counting Crystal Distortion · Expressillon · 2001 24.000

38772 Cedars Clearlake · Everlasting Records · 2003 24.000

38773

Beautiful People Ltd Jarboe · Atavistic · 2004 24.000

38774 In Stormy Nights Ghost · Drag City · 2007 24.000

38775 Doppelgänger The Grid · Some Bizzare · 2008 24.000

38776

Betimes Black Cloudmasses Æthenor · VHF Records · 2008 24.000

38777

Sugaring Season Beth Orton · Anti‐ · 2012 24.000

38778 The Drum Suite Manny Albam, Ernie Wilkins & Their Orchestra · RCA Victor · 1956 24.000

38779 The Fabulous Shirley Bassey Shirley Bassey · EMI · 1959 24.000

38780 Sings Don Gibson Roy Orbison · UMe · 1967 24.000

38781

Pretty Things Lou Donaldson · Blue Note · 1970 24.000

38782 Generation Dexter Gordon · Prestige · 1972 24.000

38783 Tasty Good Rats · Warner Bros. Records · 1974 24.000

38784 Marcus Marcus · United Artists · 1976 24.000