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 217

5185 First Base Babe Ruth · Harvest · 1973 112.200

5186 Love Songs 竹内まりや · RCA · 1980 112.200

5187 Increase the Pressure Conflict · Mortarhate Records · 1984 112.200

5188

Angels With Dirty Faces Tricky · Island · 1998 112.200

5189

Kivenkantaja Moonsorrow · Spikefarm Records · 2003 112.200

5190 Self Paul Kalkbrenner · BPitch Control · 2004 112.200

5191 Looking Glass Looking Glass · Epic · 1972 112.180

5192 A Funky Thide of Sings Billy Cobham · Atlantic · 1975 112.180

5193 Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark The Robert Cray Band · Mercury Records · 1988 112.180

5194 Perfect Man Rage · Noise International · 1988 112.180

5195

Bump Ahead Mr. Big · Atlantic · 1993 112.180

5196 Arthur (or The Decline and Fall of the British Empire) The Kinks · Pye Records · 1969 112.140

5197 Executive Suite The Wiseguys · 1996 112.140

5198

Soft Black Stars Current 93 · Durtro · 1998 112.140

5199 The First Seven Days Jan Hammer · Atlantic · 1975 112.050

5200 Dark Room The Angels · Epic · 1980 112.050

5201 Outras palavras Caetano Veloso · Philips · 1981 112.050

5202 No Place for Disgrace Flotsam and Jetsam · Elektra · 1988 112.050

5203

K Kula Shaker · Columbia · 1996 112.050

5204

Lisa Stansfield Lisa Stansfield · Arista · 1997 112.050

5205 Matter+Form VNV Nation · SubSpace Communications · 2005 112.050

5206

No Heroes Converge · Epitaph · 2006 112.050

5207

Love Metal HIM · RCA · 2003 112.000

5208

Deep Blue Parkway Drive · Epitaph · 2010 111.930