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 225

5377 Hosianna Mantra Popol Vuh · Pilz · 1972 109.620

5378 Love Bites Buzzcocks · United Artists · 1978 109.620

5379 The Spectral Sorrows Edge of Sanity · Black Mark · 1993 109.620

5380 The Visitor Arena · Verglas Music · 1998 109.620

5381 The Groove I Have Paul Johnson · Moody Recordings · 1999 109.620

5382 Outback Joe Farrell · CTI · 2006 109.620

5383 Trance-Formation Eberhard Schoener · Harvest · 1977 109.600

5384 Kingdom of the Night Axxis · EMI · 1989 109.600

5385 Crowning of Atlantis Therion · Nuclear Blast · 1999 109.600

5386 Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike Gogol Bordello · SideOneDummy Records · 2005 109.600

5387 Titanic Francesco De Gregori · RCA · 1982 109.560

5388 Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. Slipknot · 1996 109.560

5389 Hercules and Love Affair Hercules and Love Affair · DFA Records · 2008 109.560

5390

Ice on Fire Elton John · The Rocket Record Company · 1985 109.500

5391 The Magic Numbers The Magic Numbers · Heavenly Recordings · 2005 109.500

5392

Devil Without a Cause Kid Rock · Atlantic · 1998 109.500

5393 Vapaa Muurari Live Uusitalo · Force Inc. Music Works · 2000 109.480

5394 Vapaa Muurari Uusitalo · Force Inc. Music Works · 2000 109.480

5395 Mind Over Matter Zion I · Live Up Records · 2000 109.480

5396 Space Hymns Ramases · Vertigo · 1971 109.470

5397

Ambient 4: On Land Brian Eno · Editions EG · 1982 109.470

5398 Fusion Sven Väth · Ultra Records · 1998 109.470

5399 We All Belong Dr. Dog · Park the Van · 2007 109.470

5400 Styx II Styx · Wooden Nickel · 1973 109.440