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 194

4633 Garden on the Palm Ken Ishii · R&S Records · 1993 119.680

4634 Contrast in Nature, Part One Natural Rhythm · Earthtones Recordings · 1999 119.680

4635 I Need Drugs Necro · Psycho+Logical-Records · 2000 119.680

4636 Not Guilty and Proud Death in June · New European Recordings · 2002 119.680

4637

Requiem for Abandoned Souls raison d’être · Cold Meat Industry · 2003 119.680

4638

Triangulation Scuba · Hotflush Recordings · 2010 119.680

4639

Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I Earth · Southern Lord · 2011 119.680

4640 Generation of Love Masterboy · Prime Cut · 1995 119.600

4641 Nord... Setherial · Napalm Records · 1996 119.600

4642 Leave My Head Alone Brain Henrik Schwarz · 2005 119.600

4643

Birth Day The New Birth · RCA Victor · 1972 119.540

4644 Fiction Tales Modern Eon · Dindisc · 1981 119.540

4645

Mingos & Os Samurais Rui Veloso · 1990 119.540

4646 Weathered Well Locust · Apollo · 1994 119.540

4647

Widow’s Weeds Tristania · Napalm Records · 1998 119.540

4648 Sun Restructured Temples · Heavenly Recordings · 2014 119.540

4649 Magic Windows Herbie Hancock · Columbia · 1981 119.520

4650 Raintown Deacon Blue · CBS · 1987 119.520

4651 Soul Survivor Gorefest · Victor · 1996 119.520

4652

Disco Club Tim Maia · Atlantic · 1978 119.380

4653 The Later After DJ Hidden · Ad Noiseam · 2007 119.380

4654 The Glow Bonnie Raitt · Warner Bros. Records · 1979 119.350

4655 Seven Days in Sammystown Wall of Voodoo · I.R.S. Records · 1985 119.350

4656 Welcome to the Cruise Judie Tzuke · The Rocket Record Company · 1979 119.340