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?

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385

The Glow of Love Change · RFC Records · 1980 404.950

386 Them Crooked Vultures Them Crooked Vultures · RCA · 2009 404.800

387 Ö Herbert Grönemeyer · EMI · 1988 404.250

388

Brilliant Trees David Sylvian · Virgin · 1984 403.920

389 Sound Affects The Jam · Polydor · 1980 403.750

390 Slave Ambient The War on Drugs · Secretly Canadian · 2011 403.200

391

The Love Movement A Tribe Called Quest · Jive · 1998 402.810

392

A Slight Case of Overbombing: Greatest Hits, Volume One The Sisters of Mercy · Elektra · 1993 401.620

393

Closer to Home Grand Funk Railroad · Capitol Records · 1970 401.600

394

Tyranny and Mutation Blue Öyster Cult · Columbia · 1973 400.980

395

London 0 Hull 4 The Housemartins · Go! Discs · 1986 400.890

396

One of These Nights Eagles · Asylum Records · 1975 400.350

397

Soul to Soul Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble · Epic · 1985 400.200

398

Come Taste the Band Deep Purple · Purple Records · 1975 400.140

399 The Lone Deranger Hallucinogen · Twisted Records · 1997 399.490

400 The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste Ministry · Sire Records · 1989 398.640

401 The Dream Weaver Gary Wright · Warner Bros. Records · 1975 398.090

402 Gene Simmons Gene Simmons · Casablanca Record and FilmWorks · 1978 397.440

403

Paul’s Boutique Beastie Boys · Capitol Records · 1989 397.440

404

Leftoverture Kansas · Kirshner · 1976 396.880

405

Microcastle / Weird Era Cont. Deerhunter · kranky · 2008 396.760

406

Black Rose: A Rock Legend Thin Lizzy · Vertigo · 1979 396.720

407 Lionel Richie Lionel Richie · Motown · 1982 396.240

408

Foo Fighters Foo Fighters · Roswell Records · 1995 396.060