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 256

6121 Looking Thru Passport · Atlantic · 1973 101.250

6122 Bright Lights & Back Alleys Smokie · RAK · 1977 101.250

6123

No Mean City Nazareth · Vertigo · 1978 101.250

6124 Outburst The Nomads · What Goes On Records · 1984 101.200

6125 Seven James · Fontana · 1992 101.200

6126 Black Hand Inn Running Wild · Noise International · 1994 101.200

6127 The Fifth Mission Two Lone Swordsmen · Emissions Audio Output · 1996 101.200

6128

A Crimson Cosmos Lake of Tears · Black Mark · 1997 101.200

6129 Danse Macabre The Faint · Saddle Creek Records · 2001 101.200

6130 Slaughter of the Soul At the Gates · Earache Records · 1995 101.200

6131 Frameless Structure Norman Feller · Elektrolux · 2003 101.200

6132

Finger Paintings Earl Klugh · Blue Note · 1977 101.150

6133 Behind Bars Slick Rick · Def Jam Recordings · 1994 101.150

6134 Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood DMX · Def Jam Recordings · 1998 101.150

6135 Twilight of the Idols: In Conspiracy With Satan Gorgoroth · Nuclear Blast · 2003 101.150

6136

Heart String Earl Klugh · United Artists · 1979 101.120

6137 La vita è adesso Claudio Baglioni · CBS · 1985 101.120

6138 Sting in the Tail Scorpions · Columbia SevenOne Music · 2010 101.120

6139 Spanish Fly Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam · CBS · 1987 101.080

6140 Ascension John Coltrane · impulse! · 1965 101.010

6141 The Shimmering Hour Wisp · Rephlex · 2009 101.010

6142 Hot Box Fatback · Spring Records · 1980 100.920

6143 Seven Ways Paul van Dyk · MFS · 1996 100.920

6144 Under the Sign of Hell Gorgoroth · Malicious Records · 1997 100.920