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 198

4729 Raising Hell Fatback Band · Event Records · 1975 118.370

4730

Elis, essa mulher Elis Regina · Warner Bros. Records · 1979 118.370

4731

Barcelona Freddie Mercury · Polydor · 1988 118.370

4732 Y The Pop Group · Radar Records · 1979 118.320

4733 The Divine Punishment Diamanda Galás · Mute · 1986 118.320

4734 Awakening Darshan · Flying Rhino Records · 1997 118.320

4735 Youth of America Wipers · Park Avenue · 1981 118.300

4736 Out of Step Minor Threat · Dischord Records · 1983 118.300

4737 Wrong NoMeansNo · Alternative Tentacles · 1989 118.300

4738 Saxophone Colossus & Work Time Sonny Rollins · 2006 118.300

4739 Melancholie² ColdWorld · 2008 118.300

4740 Blue Lights in the Basement Roberta Flack · Atlantic · 1977 118.260

4741

7800° Fahrenheit Bon Jovi · Mercury Records · 1985 118.260

4742

Platinum Mike Oldfield · Virgin · 1979 118.260

4743 Church of Hawkwind Hawkwind · RCA · 1982 118.260

4744 Saturday Teenage Kick Junkie XL · Roadrunner Records · 1997 118.260

4745

See Mi Yah Rhythm & Sound · Burial Mix · 2005 118.172

4746 The Music of Erich Zann Mekong Delta · Steamhammer · 1988 118.150

4747

Wavering Radiant Isis · Ipecac Recordings · 2009 118.150

4748 Banga Patti Smith · Columbia · 2012 118.150

4749 Pearls Elkie Brooks · A&M Records · 1981 118.080

4750

Into the Fire Bryan Adams · A&M Records · 1987 118.080

4751 Correndo o Risco Camisa de Vênus · 1986 118.080

4752 Human Error Unseen Terror · Earache Records · 1987 118.080