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 229

5473 Love for Love The Whispers · Solar · 1983 108.360

5474

Visual Lies Lizzy Borden · Roadrunner Records · 1987 108.360

5475 Chimera Mayhem · Season of Mist · 2004 108.360

5476 Nipponjin Far East Family Band · Vertigo · 1975 108.360

5477 Sunflower / Surf’s Up The Beach Boys · Capitol Records · 2000 108.360

5478 Lisbon The Walkmen · Fat Possum Records · 2010 108.360

5479 Solta o Pavão Jorge Ben · Philips · 1975 108.300

5480 Contact Silver Apples · Kapp Records · 1969 108.290

5481 Valley of the Yakes JFA · Placebo Records · 1983 108.290

5482

Veiled Sisters Muslimgauze · Soleilmoon Recordings · 1993 108.290

5483 Programmed Innerzone Orchestra · Astralwerks · 1999 108.290

5484

O.S.T. People Under the Stairs · Om Records · 2002 108.290

5485 Hero and Heroine Strawbs · A&M Records · 1974 108.240

5486 Metalmorfosis Barón Rojo · Chapa Discos · 1983 108.240

5487 Aquarian Dream Aquarian Dream · Buddah Records · 1976 108.240

5488 Harmony The Wake · Factory · 1982 108.240

5489 Environmental Studies African Head Charge · On-U Sound · 1982 108.240

5490

The Complete Savoy Masters Charlie Parker · 2000 108.240

5491

Everyone Alive Wants Answers Colleen · Leaf · 2003 108.240

5492 Module 2 Bochum Welt · Rephlex · 1996 108.100

5493 Come Upstairs Carly Simon · Warner Bros. Records · 1980 108.040

5494 In certi momenti Eros Ramazzotti · DDD · 1987 108.040

5495

New Blood Blood, Sweat & Tears · Columbia · 1972 108.040

5496 Face to Face Barclay James Harvest · Polydor · 1987 108.040