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 168

4009 F.O.A.D. Darkthrone · Peaceville · 2007 129.600

4010 Rit Lee Ritenour · Elektra · 1981 129.600

4011 You Shouldn't-nuf Bit Fish George Clinton · Capitol Records · 1983 129.600

4012

Exploring the Tributaries Vibrasphere · Cloud 99 Music · 2007 129.600

4013 Symbiosis Demdike Stare · Modern Love · 2009 129.600

4014

Ondatrópica Ondatrópica · Soundway · 2012 129.600

4015 Never Stop That Feeling Mark ’Oh · URBAN · 1995 129.560

4016

Good Girl Gone Bad Rihanna · Def Jam Recordings · 2007 129.560

4017 Life and Times Jim Croce · ABC Records · 1973 129.560

4018 Queens of Noise The Runaways · Mercury Records · 1977 129.560

4019 Exit 0 Steve Earle & the Dukes · MCA Records · 1987 129.560

4020

Life Is Killing Me Type O Negative · Roadrunner Records · 2003 129.560

4021 Live at Ronnie Scott’s Bill Evans · 2020 129.560

4022

Den döende dandyn Magnus Uggla · CBS · 1986 129.500

4023 Chocolate Chip Isaac Hayes · HBS · 1975 129.480

4024

Classics Live! Aerosmith · Columbia · 1986 129.480

4025 Life on Other Planets Supergrass · Parlophone · 2002 129.480

4026 Giant Step / De Ole Folks at Home Taj Mahal · CBS · 1969 129.480

4027 Take This to Your Grave Fall Out Boy · Fueled by Ramen · 2003 129.480

4028 Immolate Yourself Telefon Tel Aviv · BPitch Control · 2009 129.480

4029 Old, New, Borrowed and Blue Slade · Polydor · 1974 129.360

4030 Procol’s Ninth Procol Harum · Polskie Nagrania “Muza” · 1975 129.360

4031

Dawn Explosion Captain Beyond · Warner Bros. Records · 1977 129.360

4032 Astro Lounge Smash Mouth · Interscope Records · 1999 129.360