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 164

3913 All Your Favorite Bands Dawes · 2015 131.400

3914

Levitation Hawkwind · Bronze · 1980 131.370

3915

Love on the Beat Serge Gainsbourg · Philips · 1984 131.370

3916 Great Lengths Martyn · 2009 131.370

3917 There and Back Jeff Beck · Epic · 1980 131.220

3918 In God We Trust Stryper · Enigma · 1988 131.220

3919 311 311 · Capricorn Records · 1995 131.220

3920

Fashion Nugget CAKE · Capricorn Records · 1996 131.220

3921 Lugburz Summoning · Napalm Records · 1995 131.200

3922

A1A Jimmy Buffett · Dunhill Records · 1974 131.200

3923 Small Talk Sly & the Family Stone · Epic · 1974 131.200

3924 Cuore Antonello Venditti · Heinz Music · 1984 131.140

3925 Mary Jane Girls Mary Jane Girls · Motown · 1983 131.140

3926 Cosmogenesis Obscura · Relapse Records · 2009 131.120

3927 Born Again Blood Axis · 2010 131.120

3928

The Slip Nine Inch Nails · The Null Corporation · 2008 131.100

3929

Chicago XI Chicago · Columbia · 1977 131.040

3930

Animal Boy Ramones · Torso · 1986 131.040

3931 Long Cold Winter Cinderella · Mercury Records · 1988 131.040

3932

In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 Jay‐Z · Roc‐A‐Fella Records · 1997 131.040

3933 Suffocation Suffocation · Relapse Records · 2006 131.040

3934 May Blitz May Blitz · Vertigo · 1970 131.040

3935

Picnic Attack I:Cube · Versatile Records · 1997 131.040

3936

Cerulean Baths · anticon. · 2010 131.040