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 245

5857 Back to Earth Rare Earth · Rare Earth · 1975 104.250

5858 Beyond Appearances Santana · Columbia · 1985 104.250

5859 TSA TSA · Polton · 1982 104.160

5860

Follow the Blind Blind Guardian · No Remorse Records · 1989 104.160

5861 Midnattens widunder Finntroll · Spikefarm Records · 1999 104.160

5862 HollyŁódź O.S.T.R. · Asfalt Records · 2007 104.160

5863 Expresso 2222 Gilberto Gil · Philips · 1972 104.160

5864 Shades of a Blue Orphanage Thin Lizzy · Decca Records · 1972 104.140

5865 Critical Stage Suicide Commando · Off Beat · 1994 104.140

5866 Standards Tortoise · Thrill Jockey · 2001 104.140

5867 The “Chirping” Crickets The Crickets · Brunswick · 1957 104.130

5868 Meditations John Coltrane · impulse! · 1966 104.130

5869 Horrorscope Overkill · Atlantic · 1991 104.130

5870 Transcend the Rubicon Benediction · Nuclear Blast · 1993 104.130

5871 Legend Witchcraft · Nuclear Blast · 2012 104.130

5872 The Moon Looked Down and Laughed Virgin Prunes · Baby Records · 1986 104.120

5873

VIVIsectVI Skinny Puppy · Capitol Records · 1988 104.060

5874 Hacked Up for Barbecue Mortician · Relapse Records · 1996 104.060

5875 Rescate 137 Cristian Vogel · novamute · 2000 104.060

5876 Tempo of the Damned Exodus · Nuclear Blast · 2004 104.060

5877 Cass Elliot Cass Elliot · RCA Victor · 1972 104.000

5878 The Plague Demon · Clay Records · 1983 104.000

5879 …ish 1927 · Trafalgar Records · 1988 104.000

5880 Whiskey Before Breakfast Norman Blake · Rounder · 1976 103.960