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 21

481

Entertainment! Gang of Four · EMI · 1979 368.000

482

Pablo Honey Radiohead · Parlophone · 1993 367.740

483 Mark Hollis Mark Hollis · Polydor · 1998 367.570

484

Late for the Sky Jackson Browne · Asylum Records · 1974 367.200

485

Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing Discharge · Clay Records · 1982 366.730

486 White Light/White Heat The Velvet Underground · Verve · 1968 366.680

487

Emergency on Planet Earth Jamiroquai · Sony Soho Square · 1993 366.680

488 Inside Information Foreigner · Atlantic · 1987 366.520

489

Travelogue The Human League · Virgin · 1980 366.030

490

Seventh Sojourn The Moody Blues · Threshold Records · 1972 365.820

491

Here Come the Warm Jets Brian Eno · Island · 1973 365.200

492

Rid of Me PJ Harvey · Island · 1993 364.910

493

3 Feet High and Rising De La Soul · Tommy Boy · 1989 364.320

494 Classical Mushroom Infected Mushroom · YoYo Records · 2000 364.010

495

From the Cradle Eric Clapton · Duck Records · 1994 363.690

496

Innerspeaker Tame Impala · Modular Recordings · 2010 363.400

497 Minstrel in the Gallery Jethro Tull · Chrysalis · 1975 362.880

498 Nemesis Divina Satyricon · Moonfog Productions · 1996 362.700

499

Stalker Robert Rich · Fathom · 1995 362.480

500 Uncle Jam Wants You Funkadelic · Warner Bros. Records · 1979 362.100

501 Amigos Santana · Columbia · 1976 362.070

502

Nero a metà Pino Daniele · EMI · 1980 361.800

503 Forevernevermore Moodymann · Peacefrog Records · 2000 361.770

504

A Day Without Rain Enya · wea · 2000 361.600