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

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40921 Ready for the Flood Mark Olson · New West Records · 2008 22.620

40922 Art Brut vs. Satan Art Brut · Cooking Vinyl · 2009 22.620

40923 Chinese Dub Jah Wobble · 30 Hertz Records · 2009 22.620

40924 Darkness Come Alive Doomriders · Deathwish · 2009 22.620

40925

Fear No Evil Doro · AFM Records · 2009 22.620

40926 Sex with an X The Vaselines · Sub Pop Records · 2010 22.620

40927 Pint of Blood Jolie Holland + The Grand Chandeliers · Anti‐ · 2011 22.620

40928 Never Before and Never Again Marilyn Monroe 22.620

40929 Cluster Quartet Burton Greene · 1966 22.620

40930 The Natural Thing Jack McDuff · Cadet Records · 1968 22.620

40931 Burning Plague Burning Plague · CBS · 1970 22.620

40932 Every Inch a Man Zior · 1972 22.620

40933 Nem Kaldı? Cem Karaca · Yavuz Plak · 1975 22.620

40934 Indulgence Nasty Savage · Metal Blade Records · 1987 22.620

40935 Bite Release Bite The Fair Sex · Our Choice · 1991 22.620

40936 Johnson's Whacks Jimmy Johnson · Delmark Records · 1991 22.620

40937 Dreamy Beat Happening · Sub Pop Records · 1991 22.620

40938 Beatroots The Fred Bison Five · Woronzow · 1992 22.620

40939 Ground Zero GROUND-ZERO · God Mountain · 1993 22.620

40940 Música de rua Daniela Mercury · Sony Latin · 1994 22.620

40941 The Way Things Are... and Other Stories Schwartzeneggar · Gap Recordings · 1994 22.620

40942 Live at Club Mozambique Dr. Lonnie Smith · Blue Note · 1995 22.620

40943

The Ritual of the Rave Hybryds · Daft Records · 1995 22.620

40944 The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker Max Roach · Verve · 1995 22.620