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 220

5257 On Letting Go Circa Survive · Equal Vision Records · 2007 111.250

5258 Hall of the Mountain Grill Hawkwind · United Artists · 1974 111.220

5259 Hot Lemonade A Guy Called Gerald · Rham! · 1989 111.220

5260

The Creek Drank the Cradle Iron & Wine · Sub Pop Records · 2002 111.220

5261 Die Puhdys Puhdys · AMIGA · 1974 111.200

5262 Captain Fingers Lee Ritenour · Epic · 1977 111.200

5263 By Your Side The Black Crowes · Columbia · 1998 111.200

5264

Ritual White Lies · Fiction · 2011 111.200

5265 The Ascension Glenn Branca · 99 Records · 1981 111.020

5266 I Think of Demons Roky Erickson and the Aliens · 1987 111.020

5267

Seishinbyouin Atrium Carceri · Cold Meat Industry · 2004 111.020

5268 Stray Aztec Camera · wea · 1990 111.000

5269 Running Like the Wind The Marshall Tucker Band · Warner Bros. Records · 1979 111.000

5270 The Up Escalator Graham Parker & The Rumour · Arista · 1980 111.000

5271 Zephyr Zephyr · Probe · 1969 110.970

5272 Lost & Found Jason & the Scorchers · EMI Music Netherlands · 1985 110.970

5273

Crash The Human League · Virgin · 1986 110.960

5274 Ready or Not Lou Gramm · Atlantic · 1987 110.960

5275 Gwen McCrae Gwen McCrae · Atlantic · 1981 110.940

5276 Live Undead Slayer · Metal Blade Records · 1985 110.940

5277 Ticket to Mayhem Whiplash · Roadrunner Records · 1987 110.940

5278

Mercy Street A Reminiscent Drive · F Communications · 1997 110.940

5279 Dig Me Out Sleater‐Kinney · Kill Rock Stars · 1997 110.940

5280 Raumgleiter Der Dritte Raum · Ultra Records · 1998 110.940