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 27

625

The Somberlain Dissection · No Fashion Records · 1993 328.440

626 Acid Rain III: Meteor Shower Underground Resistance · Underground Resistance · 1993 328.410

627 A Kiss in the Dreamhouse Siouxsie and the Banshees · Polydor · 1982 327.600

628

25 O’Clock The Dukes of Stratosphear · Virgin · 1985 327.600

629 154 Wire · Harvest · 1979 327.360

630 Terraform Shellac · Touch and Go Records · 1998 327.250

631 I’m in You Peter Frampton · A&M Records · 1977 326.900

632

Train of Thought Reflection Eternal · Rawkus Records · 2000 326.600

633 Rainbirds Rainbirds · Mercury Records · 1987 326.250

634

Every Day The Cinematic Orchestra · Ninja Tune · 2002 325.800

635 Thembi Pharoah Sanders · impulse! · 1971 325.500

636

The Top The Cure · Fiction · 1984 325.480

637 In the Right Place Dr. John · ATCO Records · 1973 325.380

638

Out From Out Where Amon Tobin · Ninja Tune · 2002 325.380

639 Atlantic Crossing Rod Stewart · Warner Bros. Records · 1975 325.280

640

Endgame Megadeth · Roadrunner Records · 2009 325.260

641 Big Bam Boom Daryl Hall & John Oates · RCA · 1984 324.940

642 OU812 Van Halen · Warner Bros. Records · 1988 324.800

643 The Spliff Radio Show Spliff · CBS · 1980 324.690

644

Infected The The · Epic · 1986 324.530

645 Down on the Upside Soundgarden · A&M Records · 1996 324.530

646 Blue Bell Knoll Cocteau Twins · 4AD · 1988 324.510

647

Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious Carcass · Earache Records · 1991 324.000

648

Leftism Leftfield · Hard Hands · 1995 323.840