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 219

5233 A Tear to a Smile Roy Ayers Ubiquity · Polydor · 1975 111.600

5234 Future World Ganymed · Bacillus Records · 1979 111.600

5235 Midnight Radio Bohren & der Club of Gore · Epistrophy Records · 1995 111.600

5236

Klaus Nomi Klaus Nomi · RCA · 1981 111.520

5237 Mirage Meat Puppets · SST Records · 1987 111.520

5238 Avalon Sunset Van Morrison · Polydor · 1989 111.520

5239

Bedtime Stories Madonna · Maverick · 1994 111.520

5240 Earthquake Electric Sun · Sonopresse · 1979 111.390

5241 Mechanix UFO · Chrysalis · 1982 111.390

5242

Tears Laid in Earth The 3rd and the Mortal · Voices of Wonder · 1994 111.360

5243

Mess Fila Brazillia · Pork Recordings · 1996 111.360

5244 To Be an Angel Blind, the Crippled Soul Divide The Tear Garden · Nettwerk · 1996 111.360

5245 Human Dislocation Imminent Starvation · Ant‐Zen · 1997 111.360

5246

Something Wicked This Way Comes Iced Earth · Century Media · 1998 111.360

5247

The Now What?! Live Tapes Deep Purple · earMUSIC · 2013 111.360

5248 Invisible Lantern Screaming Trees · SST Records · 1988 111.350

5249 Autoditacker Mouse on Mars · Too Pure · 1997 111.350

5250 The Preface Gaetano Parisio · Southsoul · 2000 111.350

5251 Apricot Morning Quantic · Tru Thoughts · 2002 111.350

5252 A Blessing and a Curse Drive‐By Truckers · New West Records · 2006 111.350

5253 The Jewels Einstürzende Neubauten · 2007 111.350

5254 Collusion :zoviet*france: · Vinyl-on-Demand · 1992 111.250

5255 Everybody’s Kissing Everyone The Bionaut · Blue · 1992 111.250

5256 Made in Sweden E-Type · Stockholm Records · 1994 111.250