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 209

4993 Peeping Tom Peeping Tom · Ipecac Recordings · 2006 114.540

4994 Under the Gun Poco · MCA Records · 1980 114.480

4995

Tr3s Lunas Mike Oldfield · wea · 2002 114.480

4996 Anxiety Always ADULT. · Spunk! · 2003 114.400

4997 Magical Shepherd Miroslav Vitouš · Warner Bros. Records · 1976 114.400

4998 Three Quartets Chick Corea · Warner Bros. Records · 1981 114.400

4999

Internal Empire Robert Hood · Tresor · 1994 114.400

5000 Plans & Designs Faze Action · Nuphonic · 1997 114.400

5001 : In - Konflikt : Genocide Organ · Tesco Organisation · 2004 114.400

5002 Fordlândia Jóhann Jóhannsson · 4AD · 2008 114.400

5003 Darkness Descends Dark Angel · Combat · 1986 114.390

5004 Mr. Shing-A-Ling Lou Donaldson · Blue Note · 1967 114.380

5005 Exterminate Angelcorpse · Osmose Productions · 1998 114.380

5006

Mama’s Gun Erykah Badu · Motown · 2000 114.380

5007 Oneiric Boxcutter · Planet Mu · 2006 114.380

5008 Solutions for a Small Planet Haujobb · Metropolis Records · 1996 114.300

5009 Audio Warriors Luke Eargoggle · Bunker Records · 2003 114.300

5010

Resurrection In Slaughter Natives · Cold Meat Industry · 2004 114.300

5011 On the Screen Linear Movement · Micrart · 2009 114.300

5012 No Stranger to Love Roy Ayers · Polydor · 1979 114.240

5013 Old Lady Drivers O.L.D. · Earache Records · 1988 114.240

5014 Down Sentenced · Century Media · 1996 114.240

5015 Radioaxiom: A Dub Transmission Jah Wobble · Palm Pictures · 2001 114.240

5016 Childish Prodigy Kurt Vile · Matador · 2009 114.240