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 216

5161 Get Your Wings Aerosmith · Columbia · 1974 112.530

5162 Hold Out Jackson Browne · Asylum Records · 1980 112.480

5163 Alibi America · Capitol Records · 1980 112.480

5164 Twisted Tenderness Electronic · Parlophone · 1999 112.480

5165 The Vegetarians of Love Bob Geldof · Mercury Records · 1990 112.480

5166 The Invisible Band Travis · Independiente · 2001 112.480

5167 Submit X Gesloten Cirkel · Murder Capital · 2014 112.454

5168 Der ostfriesische Götterbote Otto Waalkes · Rüssl Räckords · 1979 112.420

5169 Just a Game Triumph · RCA Victor · 1979 112.420

5170 Carmel Joe Sample · ABC Records · 1979 112.420

5171

Paradise Now Die Krupps · Music for Nations · 1997 112.420

5172 Linda Ronstadt Linda Ronstadt · Capitol Records · 1971 112.340

5173 Geräusch Die Ärzte · Motor Music · 2003 112.340

5174 False Start Love · Blue Thumb Records · 1970 112.320

5175 Baby James Harvest Barclay James Harvest · Harvest · 1972 112.320

5176 Science Fiction Ornette Coleman · Columbia · 1972 112.240

5177 Back in ’72 Bob Seger · 1973 112.230

5178 Dreams of Tomorrow Lonnie Liston Smith · Doctor Jazz Records · 1983 112.230

5179 Off the Beaten Track African Head Charge · On-U Sound · 1986 112.230

5180 …och stora havet. Jakob Hellman · EMI Music Sweden AB · 1989 112.230

5181

Extra Width The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion · Matador · 1993 112.230

5182 …magni blandinn ok megintiri… Falkenbach · Napalm Records · 1998 112.230

5183

East of the River Ganges The Kumba Mela Experiment · Liquid Sound Design · 2001 112.230

5184 Spinvis Spinvis · Excelsior Recordings · 2002 112.230