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 166

3961

Okie Dokie It’s The Orb on Kompakt The Orb · Kompakt · 2005 130.380

3962 Something to Love L.T.D. · A&M Records · 1977 130.350

3963

Centipede Hz Animal Collective · Domino · 2012 130.350

3964 Baby Gal Gal Costa · Philips · 1983 130.310

3965 Porsche - Genscher - Hallo HSV Die Goldenen Zitronen · Weser Label · 1987 130.310

3966

Apple Venus, Volume 1 XTC · Cooking Vinyl · 1999 130.310

3967 I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead El‐P · Definitive Jux · 2007 130.310

3968 Whatever You Want Status Quo · Vertigo · 1979 130.260

3969 Den vassa eggen Ulf Lundell · Pandion · 1985 130.260

3970 At Peace With Woman The Jones Girls · Philadelphia International Records · 1980 130.240

3971 Old Rottenhat Robert Wyatt · Rough Trade · 1985 130.240

3972 The Ungovernable Force Conflict · Mortarhate Records · 1986 130.240

3973 The Brotherhood of the Bomb Techno Animal · Matador · 2001 130.240

3974 All This Love DeBarge · Motown · 1982 130.200

3975 Bar Kokhba John Zorn · Tzadik · 1996 130.200

3976 Kunststoff Move D · Source Records · 1995 130.150

3977

Champagne pour tout le monde, Jacques Higelin · 1979 130.130

3978 One Way Home The Hooters · CBS · 1987 130.130

3979 The Cloud Making Machine Laurent Garnier · F Communications · 2005 130.130

3980

Danzig III: How the Gods Kill Danzig · Def American Recordings · 1992 130.050

3981 Lazer Guided Melodies Spiritualized · Dedicated · 1992 130.050

3982 On the Floor at the Boutique Fatboy Slim · Skint Records · 1998 130.050

3983

Le Catalogue Electronique David Carretta · International Deejay Gigolo Records · 1999 130.050

3984

Dopes to Infinity Monster Magnet · A&M Records · 1995 129.940