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 271

6481 Frozen Corpse Stuffed With Dope Agoraphobic Nosebleed · Relapse Records · 2002 98.040

6482 The Boy and the Tree Susumu Yokota · Skintone · 2002 98.040

6483

The Girl in the Other Room Diana Krall · Verve · 2004 98.040

6484 April Sun Kil Moon · Caldo Verde Records · 2008 98.040

6485

Man in Black Johnny Cash · CBS · 1971 98.010

6486 Sargasso Sea John Abercrombie · ECM Records · 1976 98.010

6487 Blood on the Moon Chrome · Don't Fall Off the Mountain · 1981 98.010

6488

Finisterre Saint Etienne · Mantra Recordings · 2002 98.010

6489 10 The Stranglers · Epic · 1990 98.000

6490 Working Nights Trus'Me · Fat City · 2007 97.968

6491 Number 5 Steve Miller Band · Capitol Records · 1970 97.960

6492

Common Sense John Prine · Atlantic · 1975 97.960

6493 Tales of the Unexpected Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush · Columbia · 1979 97.960

6494 Black & White The Pointer Sisters · Planet · 1981 97.960

6495 Fernwärme Michael Rother · Polydor · 1982 97.960

6496

M & J Vanessa Paradis · Polydor · 1988 97.960

6497

In a Reverie Lacuna Coil · Century Media · 1999 97.960

6498 Domain of Death Mortician · Relapse Records · 2001 97.960

6499 Silk Purse Linda Ronstadt · Capitol Records · 1970 97.940

6500 Banished Bridge Novalis · 1973 97.940

6501 Butt of Course... The Jimmy Castor Bunch · Atlantic · 1974 97.940

6502 Ego Is Not a Dirty Word Skyhooks · Mercury Records · 1975 97.940

6503 Never Gonna Let You Go Vicki Sue Robinson · RCA Victor · 1976 97.940

6504 Black Bach Lamont Dozier · ABC Records · 1976 97.940