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 214

5113 Patrice Patrice Rushen · Elektra · 1978 113.050

5114 Word of Mouth Jaco Pastorius · Warner Bros. Records · 1981 113.050

5115 Metropolis Present Day? Thee Album! Felix da Housecat · Radikal Fear · 1995 113.050

5116 Harbour of Tears Camel · Camel Productions · 1996 113.050

5117 The Future of War Atari Teenage Riot · Alternation · 1997 113.050

5118

Shango Juno Reactor · Electric M.E.L.T. · 2000 113.050

5119 Illuminati Audio Science: Deepchord Continuous-Flow Mix Rod Modell · Silentes · 2004 113.050

5120 Brand New Day Blood, Sweat & Tears · Music on CD · 1977 113.040

5121 Silk Electric Diana Ross · RCA · 1982 113.040

5122

Too Much Class for the Neighbourhood Dogs · Epic · 1982 113.030

5123 17 re Litfiba · IRA · 1986 113.030

5124 Steelheart Steelheart · MCA Records · 1990 113.030

5125 Cogli la prima mela Angelo Branduardi · Polydor · 1979 112.970

5126

She Shot Me Down Frank Sinatra · 1981 112.970

5127 Glow Rick James · RCA · 1985 112.970

5128 Move Somethin’ Two Live Crew · Luke Skyywalker Records · 1987 112.970

5129

Dark Side of the Spoon Ministry · Warner Bros. Records · 1999 112.890

5130 Hand Made Passport · Atlantic · 1973 112.880

5131 Rose Royce IV: Rainbow Connection Rose Royce · Whitfield Records · 1979 112.880

5132 Alligator Woman Cameo · Chocolate City Records · 1982 112.880

5133 WOW Wendy O. Williams · Powerage · 1984 112.880

5134 Dead Winter Dead Savatage · Atlantic · 1995 112.880

5135 One Second Paradise Lost · Music for Nations · 1997 112.880

5136

Catch Thirtythree Meshuggah · Nuclear Blast · 2005 112.880