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 278

6649 Soundtrack to a Vacant Life The Flashbulb · Alphabasic · 2008 96.720

6650 Focal Point McCoy Tyner · Milestone · 1976 96.600

6651 Tales of the New West The Beat Farmers · Rhino · 1985 96.600

6652

The City Vangelis · Atlantic · 1990 96.600

6653 Ama Zone Asia 2001 · Avatar Records · 1998 96.600

6654 1000 Needles The Speed Freak · Psychik Genocide · 2003 96.600

6655 It's Broken! Bob Chance · 1980 96.600

6656 Filigranski pločnici Azra · Jugoton · 1982 96.600

6657 Alpha Centory Centory · Cologne Dance Label · 1994 96.600

6658 The Curse of the Scarecrow Megaptera · Release Entertainment · 1998 96.600

6659 The Taste of Rain… Why Kneel Deep Puddle Dynamics · anticon. · 1999 96.600

6660 What's Wrong With Bill? Ill Bill · Psycho+Logical-Records · 2004 96.600

6661

Late Night Driving Duplex · Clone · 2005 96.600

6662 Bodypop And One · Out of Line · 2006 96.600

6663 Dirty Old Hip Hop Visioneers · BBE · 2006 96.600

6664 Sadistic Tendencies Rude 66 · Crème Organization · 2008 96.600

6665 Quincy in Rio Quincy Jones and His Orchestra · Mercury Records · 1969 96.570

6666 Black Mass Lucifer · UNI Records · 1971 96.570

6667

Final Holocaust Massacra · Shark Records · 1990 96.570

6668 Hanno ucciso l’Uomo Ragno 883 · Free Records Independent · 1992 96.570

6669 The Ultimate Incantation Vader · Earache Records · 1992 96.570

6670

Subliminal Sandwich Meat Beat Manifesto · Nothing Records · 1996 96.570

6671

Balance of the Force Boymerang · Regal · 1997 96.570

6672

Wide Angle Hybrid · Distinct’ive · 1999 96.570