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 195

4657

To the Limit Joan Armatrading · A&M Records · 1978 119.320

4658 Under the Iron Sea Keane · Island · 2006 119.320

4659

Gas 5 Gasolin’ · CBS · 1975 119.290

4660 Circle the Wagons Darkthrone · Peaceville · 2010 119.290

4661 Predator Accept · RCA · 1996 119.280

4662 The Five Faces of Manfred Mann Manfred Mann · His Master’s Voice · 1964 119.280

4663

Mothermania: The Best of The Mothers The Mothers of Invention · Verve · 1969 119.280

4664 Two Places at the Same Time Ray Parker Jr. · Arista · 1980 119.280

4665 Sorry I Make You Lush Wagon Christ · Ninja Tune · 2004 119.280

4666 The Crying Light Antony and the Johnsons · Secretly Canadian · 2009 119.280

4667 Eye of the Hurricane The Alarm · I.R.S. Records · 1987 119.250

4668

River of Dreams Billy Joel · Columbia · 1993 119.250

4669 Reggae Owes Me Money The Ragga Twins · Shut Up and Dance Records · 1991 119.210

4670 Laugh to Keep From Crying Nat Turner Rebellion · MAD Dragon Records · 2019 119.210

4671 Hau Ruck KMFDM · Metropolis Records · 2005 119.200

4672 Bulletproof Hard Stuff · Purple Records · 1972 119.190

4673 Soft Space The Jeff Lorber Fusion · Inner City Records · 1978 119.190

4674

Mondi lontanissimi Franco Battiato · EMI · 1985 119.190

4675 Better Than Raw Helloween · Paradoxx Music · 1998 119.070

4676

The Understanding Röyksopp · Virgin · 2005 119.070

4677 I.F. 2 I.F. · FAX +49-69/450464 · 1994 119.040

4678 At Carnegie Hall Thelonious Monk Quartet · Blue Note · 2005 119.040

4679

All Directions The Temptations · Tamla Motown · 1972 119.000

4680

Voyager Dexter Wansel · Philadelphia International Records · 1978 119.000