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 208

4969

Diabolus in Musica Slayer · American Recordings · 1998 114.750

4970

Reach Out Burt Bacharach · A&M Records · 1967 114.730

4971 20/20 The Beach Boys · Capitol Records · 1969 114.730

4972

Born to Die Grand Funk Railroad · Capitol Records · 1976 114.730

4973 Never Too Late Status Quo · Vertigo · 1981 114.730

4974 Shangri‐La Dee Da Stone Temple Pilots · Atlantic · 2001 114.730

4975

¡Uno! Green Day · 2012 114.730

4976 Sophisticated Boom Boom Dead or Alive · Epic · 1984 114.660

4977 A Blues for Buddha The Silencers · RCA · 1988 114.660

4978 No More Idols Chase & Status · Mercury Records · 2011 114.660

4979

There It Is James Brown · Polydor · 1972 114.660

4980 Stepping Into Tomorrow Donald Byrd · Blue Note · 1975 114.660

4981 Nommos Craig Leon · Takoma · 1981 114.660

4982 In the Mix Astral Projection · פונוקול · 2000 114.660

4983 Henge Beat Total Control · Iron Lung Records · 2011 114.660

4984 12 Memories Travis · Independiente · 2003 114.610

4985 The Impossible Dream The Sensational Alex Harvey Band · Vertigo · 1974 114.550

4986 Humans Bruce Cockburn · True North Records · 1980 114.550

4987 The Eleventh Hour Magnum · FM-Revolver Records · 1983 114.550

4988

Millennium Fever Apollo 440 · Stealth Sonic Recordings · 1994 114.550

4989 In Concert With the London Symphony Orchestra Deep Purple · Spitfire Records · 1999 114.550

4990 Saw Delight CAN · Harvest · 1977 114.540

4991 Belief Nitzer Ebb · Mute · 1989 114.540

4992 Stop at Nothing Dying Fetus · Relapse Records · 2003 114.540