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 1975

47377 Fourth From the Last The W’s · SaraBellum Records · 1998 19.000

47378 Rape of the Bastard Nazarene Akercocke · Black Lotus Records · 1999 19.000

47379 Rear End Mercedes · 1999 19.000

47380 Fabulous Sheena Easton · Universal · 2000 19.000

47381 Okkult Barathrum · Spinefarm Records · 2000 19.000

47382 Sha Sha Ben Kweller · ATO Records · 2002 19.000

47383 Momentum Mindless Faith · Metropolis Records · 2004 19.000

47384 Heart & Soul Joe Cocker · EMI · 2004 19.000

47385 Spiritual Warfare Bewitched · Regain Records · 2005 19.000

47386 Faith Fatali · BNE · 2005 19.000

47387 Atomic Soul Russell Allen · Inside Out Music · 2005 19.000

47388 Only the Names Have Been Changed Kelly Jones · V2 · 2007 19.000

47389 11:11 Mac Lethal · Rhymesayers Entertainment · 2007 19.000

47390 Toch? Extince · Top Notch · 2007 19.000

47391 3 at Last Sporto Kantès · Village Vert · 2008 19.000

47392 Death Then Nothing Armagedon · 2009 19.000

47393 Bamboléate Cal Tjader · Tico · 1967 19.000

47394 Picture on the Wall Freddie McKay · Studio One · 1971 19.000

47395 The Roots of Dub King Tubby · Total Sounds · 1975 19.000

47396 Boom Town Café Abbittibbi · Foukinic · 1981 19.000

47397 Sempre Nomadi Nomadi · CGD · 1981 19.000

47398 Onkel Kånkels gyllene tider Onkel Kånkel · 1983 19.000

47399 Sahel Sona Diabaté · Triple Earth · 1988 19.000

47400 Silk Under the Skin Raw Silk · Unisound Records · 1990 19.000