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 162

3865 Orichalcum & The Deviant Orichalcum · TIP Records · 1997 132.440

3866

Opus Eponymous Ghost · Rise Above Records · 2010 132.440

3867 The Sylvie and Babs Hi-Fi Companion Nurse With Wound · L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords · 1985 132.300

3868 Brain Cycles Radio Moscow · 2009 132.300

3869 Two Lane Highway Pure Prairie League · RCA Victor · 1975 132.240

3870 Shock Treatment The Edgar Winter Group · Epic · 1974 132.130

3871 Beatitude Ric Ocasek · Geffen Records · 1982 132.130

3872 Under the Influence of Love Barry White · Euro Trend · 2003 132.130

3873 Aretha Arrives Aretha Franklin · Atlantic · 1967 132.030

3874 Epitaph Front Line Assembly · Metropolis Records · 2001 132.030

3875 Symbol of Life Paradise Lost · Supersonic Records · 2002 132.030

3876

Children The Mission · Mercury Records · 1988 132.020

3877 Nonsuch XTC · Virgin · 1992 132.020

3878

Deliverance Opeth · Music for Nations · 2002 132.020

3879 The Savage Resurrection Savage Resurrection · Mercury Records · 1968 132.000

3880

Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror Harold Budd · Editions EG · 1980 132.000

3881 Hypocrisy Hypocrisy · Nuclear Blast · 1999 132.000

3882

Cellblock Atrium Carceri · Cold Meat Industry · 2003 132.000

3883 Terrifyer Pig Destroyer · Relapse Records · 2004 132.000

3884 What If Dixie Dregs · Capricorn Records · 1978 131.970

3885 So Red the Rose Arcadia · Capitol Records · 1985 131.970

3886

Musique Concrete Calibre · Creative Source · 2001 131.950

3887 Synthesize Autumn · 2011 131.950

3888 I'd Like to See You Again A Certain Ratio · Factory · 1982 131.930