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 1984

47593 Basin Street Blues Mikael Wiehe · Amalthea · 1988 18.900

47594 Sideways Men Without Hats · Mercury Records · 1991 18.900

47595 Songs for a Dying Planet Joe Walsh · Pyramid Records · 1992 18.900

47596 Transmission Pervous Steril · Off Beat · 1993 18.900

47597

Klemania Christopher Franke · Sonic Images · 1993 18.900

47598 Angels Embrace Jon Anderson · Higher Octave Music · 1995 18.900

47599 Sweet 75 Sweet 75 · DGC Records · 1996 18.900

47600 Living in the Flood Horace Andy · Melankolic · 1999 18.900

47601 Maroon The Webb Brothers · wea · 2000 18.900

47602 The Universe Is for Us Fu‐Tourist · Epic · 2002 18.900

47603 Recessional 310 · Leaf · 2003 18.900

47604 Elegies Machine Men · Фоно · 2005 18.900

47605 Terra Cronian · Century Media · 2006 18.900

47606 Them vs. You vs. Me Finger Eleven · Wind‐up · 2007 18.900

47607 Binocular Atrox · Season of Mist · 2008 18.900

47608 Tristan Jean‐Louis Murat · [PIAS] Le Label · 2008 18.900

47609

Watch the Throne Jay‐Z · Roc‐A‐Fella Records · 2011 18.900

47610 Bearings Edward Bear · 2012 18.900

47611 Cliff Jordan Clifford Jordan · Blue Note · 1957 18.900

47612 Free Again Robert Pete Williams · Bluesville · 1961 18.900

47613 Chun-King Bobby Timmons · Prestige · 1965 18.900

47614 Daktari Shelly Manne · Atlantic · 1967 18.900

47615 Touch of the Blues Bobby “Blue” Bland · Duke · 1968 18.900

47616 Now He Sings, Now He Sobs Chick Corea · Solid State Records · 1968 18.900