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 286

6841

Freak Show Silverchair · Columbia · 1996 95.160

6842 PS I Love You kid606 · Mille Plateaux · 2000 95.160

6843 Paradise Island Lake · CBS · 1979 95.140

6844

Armchair Theatre Jeff Lynne · Frontiers Records · 1990 95.120

6845 The Cainian Chronicle Ancient · Metal Blade Records · 1996 95.120

6846 Brown Album Primus · Interscope Records · 1997 95.120

6847 Nordland I Bathory · Black Mark · 2002 95.120

6848 Float Flogging Molly · SideOneDummy Records · 2008 95.120

6849 Opus X Chilliwack · Solid Gold Records · 1982 95.040

6850 Thank Christ for the Bomb Groundhogs · Liberty · 1970 95.040

6851

Hinten Guru Guru · Ohr · 1971 95.040

6852 Donato Deodato Deodato · Muse Records · 1973 95.040

6853 Deer Wan Kenny Wheeler · ECM Records · 1978 95.040

6854

In Full Gear Stetsasonic · Tommy Boy · 1988 95.040

6855

Nordik Battle Signs MZ.412 · Cold Meat Industry · 1999 95.040

6856 Shadow, Thief of the Sun :zoviet*france: · DOVe · 1991 95.000

6857 None More Negative Type O Negative · Roadrunner Records · 2011 95.000

6858 The Concept Slave · Cotillion · 1978 94.920

6859 Spellbound Tygers of Pan Tang · MCA Records · 1981 94.920

6860

Fuck Dub Tosca · G-Stone Recordings · 1997 94.920

6861 Channeling the Quintessence of Satan Abigor · Napalm Records · 1999 94.920

6862 The Documentary The Game · Interscope Records · 2005 94.920

6863 Smear Campaign Napalm Death · Century Media · 2006 94.920

6864

Here Comes the Indian Animal Collective · Paw Tracks · 2003 94.900