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 203

4849 Tentacles of Whorror Leviathan · 2004 116.580

4850 Earth Misty in Roots · People Unite · 1983 116.480

4851 The Strange Idols Pattern and Other Short Stories Felt · Cherry Red Records · 1984 116.480

4852

Canciones de mi padre Linda Ronstadt · Asylum Records · 1987 116.480

4853 Status Unit Moebius · KK Records · 1996 116.480

4854 Likferd Windir · Head Not Found · 2003 116.480

4855

Smoke Some Kill Schoolly D · Jive · 1988 116.450

4856

Musik Plastikman · novamute · 1994 116.450

4857 Crackle Bauhaus · Beggars Banquet · 1998 116.450

4858 Magnetic South Michael Nesmith & The First National Band · RCA Victor · 1970 116.440

4859 Everybody Hates You Combichrist · Out of Line · 2005 116.440

4860

The Life Pursuit Belle and Sebastian · Matador · 2006 116.440

4861 Farscape Klaus Schulze · SPV Recordings · 2008 116.440

4862 Motel Shot Delaney & Bonnie and Friends · ATCO Records · 1971 116.280

4863

Wild Things Run Fast Joni Mitchell · Geffen Records · 1982 116.270

4864 Move Along The All‐American Rejects · Interscope Records · 2005 116.270

4865 Layering Buddha Robert Henke · Imbalance Computer Music · 2006 116.266

4866 Lost in the Ozone Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen · Paramount Records · 1971 116.250

4867 Belinda Belinda Carlisle · I.R.S. Records · 1986 116.250

4868 Patashnik Biosphere · Apollo · 1994 116.250

4869 For the Beauty of Wynona Daniel Lanois · Warner Bros. Records · 1993 116.220

4870

FLAvour of the Weak Front Line Assembly · Off Beat · 1997 116.220

4871 Alarm Agents Death in June · New European Recordings · 2004 116.220

4872 FireHouse FireHouse · Epic · 1990 116.200