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 230

5497 People Hothouse Flowers · London Records · 1988 108.040

5498

Reveal R.E.M. · Warner Bros. Records · 2001 108.040

5499

Stoney End Barbra Streisand · CBS · 1971 108.000

5500 Back to Back The Brecker Brothers · Arista · 1976 108.000

5501 Dream Into Action Howard Jones · wea · 1985 108.000

5502 Rite Time CAN · Mercury Records · 1989 108.000

5503

Call Off the Search Katie Melua · Sony Music · 2003 108.000

5504 Velociraptor! Kasabian · Columbia · 2011 108.000

5505

Babilônia Rita Lee · Som Livre · 1978 108.000

5506 Dehumanization Crucifix · Corpus Christi · 1983 108.000

5507

Dogs Blood Rising Current 93 · L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords · 1984 108.000

5508 Mishima Philip Glass · Nonesuch · 1985 108.000

5509

Fabulous Disaster Exodus · Music for Nations · 1989 108.000

5510 A Blaze in the Northern Sky Darkthrone · Peaceville · 1992 108.000

5511

Elements of Life The Advent · Internal · 1995 108.000

5512

Demo(n) Tracks Vladislav Delay · Huume · 2004 108.000

5513 Bodega Bohemia Camouflage · Metronome · 1993 107.950

5514 Need to Control Brutal Truth · Earache Records · 1994 107.950

5515

Electriclarryland Butthole Surfers · Capitol Records · 1996 107.950

5516 NIA Blackalicious · Mo Wax · 1999 107.950

5517 Lifelike Jeff Mills · Music Man Records · 2000 107.950

5518 Send Wire · 2003 107.950

5519 Eye II Eye Scorpions · EastWest · 1999 107.920

5520

Electric Light Orchestra II Electric Light Orchestra · Harvest · 1973 107.920