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 211

5041 Back From the Dead Obituary · Roadrunner Records · 1997 113.960

5042 Renegade HammerFall · Nuclear Blast · 2000 113.960

5043 Jewelz O.C. · Payday Records · 1997 113.920

5044 Album concerto Francesco Guccini · EMI · 1979 113.900

5045 Even If and Especially When Screaming Trees · SST Records · 1987 113.900

5046

Bloodline Recoil · Mute · 1992 113.900

5047 Apocalypse Bill Callahan · Drag City · 2011 113.900

5048 Hug of Thunder Broken Social Scene · City Slang · 2017 113.900

5049 Himself Gilbert O’Sullivan · MAM · 1971 113.880

5050 I Stand Alone Agnetha Fältskog · wea · 1987 113.880

5051 The Long Black Veil The Chieftains · RCA Victor · 1995 113.760

5052 Eternal Samael · Century Media · 1999 113.760

5053 Born Under a Bad Sign Albert King · Stax · 1967 113.750

5054 Sunnyboys Sunnyboys · Mushroom Records · 1981 113.750

5055 Phenomena Miranda · Koyote Records · 1996 113.750

5056 Hear, Sense and Feel The Awakening · Black Jazz Records · 1972 113.740

5057 Dreams Less Sweet Psychic TV · CBS · 1983 113.740

5058

Criminal Scientifik · Definite Records · 1994 113.740

5059 If You Need Me, Call Me Emerson · 2019 113.740

5060 New Directions The Meters · Warner Bros. Records · 1977 113.710

5061

Vivid Living Colour · Epic · 1988 113.710

5062 Elixir of Life Anthony Rother · FAX +49-69/450464 · 2003 113.710

5063 Alphabet City ABC · Mercury Records · 1987 113.600

5064

We Bring the Noise! Scooter · Sheffield Tunes · 2001 113.600