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?

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4801 Rose Clouds of Holocaust Death in June · New European Recordings · 1995 117.390

4802 The Gospel of Inhumanity Blood Axis · Elfenblut · 1995 117.390

4803 Sun City Artists United Against Apartheid · Manhattan · 1985 117.360

4804 Slade Smashes Slade · Polydor · 1980 117.300

4805 Raging Steel Deathrow · Noise International · 1987 117.300

4806

Real People Chic · Atlantic · 1980 117.260

4807 Red Roses for Me The Pogues · Stiff Records · 1984 117.260

4808 Forever Blue Chris Isaak · WEA Records · 1995 117.260

4809 No. 1 Silent Circle · Blow Up · 1986 117.180

4810 Hacker Anthony Rother · psi49net · 2002 117.180

4811

Risk Megadeth · Capitol Records · 1999 117.120

4812 Green Light Bonnie Raitt · Warner Bros. Records · 1982 117.040

4813 Young and Rich The Tubes · A&M Records · 1976 117.040

4814

Eaten Back to Life Cannibal Corpse · Metal Blade Records · 1990 117.040

4815 Coma of Souls Kreator · Epic · 1990 117.040

4816 Adore I:Cube · Versatile Records · 1999 117.040

4817 Litany Vader · Metal Blade Records · 2000 117.040

4818 New Conception of Jazz: Moving Bugge Wesseltoft · Jazzland Recordings · 2001 117.040

4819

Cavalcade of Glee and Dadaist Happy Hardcore Pom Poms Venetian Snares · Planet Mu · 2006 117.040

4820 Pilgrimage Om · Southern Lord · 2007 117.040

4821 Grand Hotel Procol Harum · Chrysalis · 1973 117.030

4822

Six Mansun · Parlophone · 1998 117.030

4823 Ignition Key Adam Beyer · Truesoul · 2002 117.030

4824 Bulles Michel Polnareff · Disc'Az · 1981 117.000