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 193

4609 Earth, Wind & Fire Earth, Wind & Fire · Warner Bros. Records · 1971 120.060

4610 Crusader Chris de Burgh · A&M Records · 1979 120.000

4611 Omsk Nits · CBS · 1983 120.000

4612

Love, Pussycats & Carwrecks Funki Porcini · Ninja Tune · 1996 120.000

4613 A Nod and a Wink Camel · Camel Productions · 2002 120.000

4614 Night Falls Hecq · Hymen Records · 2006 119.970

4615 Dead Ringer Meat Loaf · Epic · 1981 119.880

4616 Escape Artist Garland Jeffreys · Epic · 1981 119.880

4617 E-Man Groovin' The Jimmy Castor Bunch · Atlantic · 1976 119.880

4618

Broadway the Hard Way Frank Zappa · Zappa Records · 1988 119.880

4619 Mermaid Avenue Billy Bragg · Elektra · 1998 119.880

4620

Butterfly Dreams Flora Purim · Milestone · 1973 119.850

4621

Kill Uncle Morrissey · His Master’s Voice · 1991 119.850

4622 Cylobian Sunset Cylob · Rephlex · 1996 119.850

4623 Honour – Valour – Pride Bolt Thrower · Metal Blade Records · 2001 119.850

4624 Nocturnal The Black Dahlia Murder · Metal Blade Records · 2007 119.850

4625 Dreamtime Tom Verlaine · Warner Bros. Records · 1981 119.720

4626 Spirit of Place Goanna · wea · 1982 119.720

4627

Starchild Teena Marie · Epic · 1984 119.720

4628 Canciones Duncan Dhu · Grabaciones Accidentales · 1986 119.720

4629 Destroyer, or About How to Philosophize With the Hammer Gorgoroth · Nuclear Blast · 1998 119.720

4630 Labyrinth Ian Carr · Vertigo · 1973 119.700

4631 Enter Now the World In Slaughter Natives · Staalplaat · 1992 119.700

4632 Nude Ants Keith Jarrett · ECM Records · 1980 119.680