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 1652

39625

Agit'pop Artefact · Celluloid · 1981 23.490

39626 Will Hunting Lodge · S/M Operations · 1983 23.490

39627 Make My Home Where I Hang My Hat Johnny Copeland · Rounder · 1983 23.490

39628 Windows White Door · Clay Records · 1983 23.490

39629 Own Affairs Kalahari Surfers · Gross National Products · 1984 23.490

39630 Guitar Concertos Vivaldi · Philips Digital Classics · 1984 23.490

39631 Top of the Pops Appendix · Rock-O-Rama Records · 1984 23.490

39632 Access Denied Data-Bank-A · 1986 23.490

39633 Viviendo en la era pop Los Flechazos · DRO · 1988 23.490

39634 Görlitz Pulsar · Musea · 1989 23.490

39635 Invocation of the Beast Gods Nocturnal Emissions · Staalplaat · 1989 23.490

39636 Bad Sister Roxanne Shanté · Cold Chillin’ · 1989 23.490

39637 Eldorado Patrick O’Hearn · 1989 23.490

39638 Into the Street Boulevard · MCA Records · 1990 23.490

39639 Smoke & Strong Whiskey Christy Moore · Columbia · 1991 23.490

39640 Historical Illusion of Safety · Staalplaat · 1991 23.490

39641 It’s About Time Manu Katché · Ariola · 1991 23.490

39642 Wicca Mystifier · Osmose Productions · 1992 23.490

39643 Access Denied / Isolation Data-Bank-A · 1993 23.490

39644 The Buffalo Skinners Big Country · Fox Records · 1993 23.490

39645 Diabolical Summoning Sinister · Nuclear Blast · 1993 23.490

39646 Sacred Site Michael Stearns · Hearts of Space Records · 1993 23.490

39647 Nitrovisceral Aghast View · Alfa Matrix · 1994 23.490

39648 Gusgus GusGus · 1995 23.490