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 174

4153 Method to the Madness The Undisputed Truth · Whitfield Records · 1976 126.840

4154 Thirst Clock DVA · Contempo Records · 1981 126.840

4155 My Colouring Book Agnetha Fältskog · wea · 2004 126.840

4156 Previsão do tempo Marcos Valle · Odeon · 1973 126.749

4157 Duistre Kamers De Ambassade · 2019 126.749

4158 Pastel Blues Nina Simone · Philips · 1965 126.720

4159 Ice Fractions 1 Silvershower · Plus 8 Records Ltd. · 1996 126.720

4160 Passover The Black Angels · Light in the Attic Records · 2006 126.720

4161

Hibernaculum Earth · Southern Lord · 2007 126.720

4162 Daydream Mariah Carey · Columbia · 1995 126.650

4163 Elodia Lacrimosa · AVALON · 1999 126.650

4164 Global Underground 026: James Lavelle in Romania James Lavelle · 2004 126.650

4165 Detrimentalist Venetian Snares · Planet Mu · 2008 126.650

4166 Wrap Your Arms Around Me Agnetha Fältskog · PGP-RTB · 1983 126.540

4167

All the Right Reasons Nickelback · Roadrunner Records · 2005 126.540

4168

Life in Cartoon Motion MIKA · Casablanca · 2007 126.540

4169 (Turn On) The Music Machine The Music Machine · Original Sound · 1966 126.490

4170 Animals Minilogue · Cocoon Recordings · 2008 126.490

4171 Liedgut Atom™ · Raster‐Noton · 2009 126.490

4172 Transdimensional Dimension 5 · 1997 126.480

4173 Musique pour 3 femmes enceintes Marc Leclair · Mutek_Rec · 2005 126.480

4174

Chinoiseries Onra · Label Rouge Prod · 2007 126.480

4175 Send It Ashford & Simpson · Warner Bros. Records · 1977 126.420

4176 Patriots Franco Battiato · EMI · 1980 126.420