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 250

5977

Satyricon Meat Beat Manifesto · Mute · 1992 102.850

5978 Fractal Possession Abigor · End All Life Productions · 2007 102.850

5979

Ragnarök Ragnarök · Silence Records · 1976 102.830

5980 Kronet til konge Dødheimsgard · Malicious Records · 1995 102.830

5981

Tri Repetae Autechre · Warp · 1995 102.830

5982

Kapnobatai Atrium Carceri · Cold Meat Industry · 2005 102.830

5983 Switch Golden Earring · Track Record · 1975 102.750

5984 Magic, Murder and the Weather Magazine · Virgin · 1981 102.750

5985

Thing‐Fish Frank Zappa · EMI · 1984 102.750

5986 Waltz Darling Malcolm McLaren and the Bootzilla Orchestra · Epic · 1989 102.750

5987 The Weirdness The Stooges · Virgin · 2007 102.750

5988

Songs of Kristofferson Kris Kristofferson · CBS Special Products · 1977 102.700

5989

Forged in Fire Anvil · Attic · 1983 102.700

5990 Monsters Meat Puppets · SST Records · 1989 102.700

5991

Live à L’Olympia Jeff Buckley · Columbia · 2001 102.700

5992 Blue Moses Randy Weston · CTI · 1972 102.660

5993 Straight Up Sewaside Das EFX · 1993 102.660

5994 Mr. Smith LL Cool J · Def Jam Recordings · 1995 102.660

5995 Waves of Sound Yahel · HOM-Mega Productions · 2000 102.660

5996 Absence Dälek · Southern Records · 2004 102.660

5997

Version Mark Ronson · Columbia · 2007 102.600

5998

Come With Me Tania Maria · Concord Picante · 1983 102.600

5999 Black Buildings The Detroit Escalator Co. · Peacefrog Records · 2001 102.600

6000 Sinatra & Company Frank Sinatra · 1971 102.500