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 289

6913 Valley of the Dolls Generation X · Chrysalis · 1979 94.400

6914 Oh Susie Secret Service · Sonet · 1979 94.400

6915 Songs of the Free Gang of Four · EMI · 1982 94.400

6916 Yauaretê Milton Nascimento · CBS · 1987 94.400

6917 Cracked Brain Destruction · Steamhammer · 1990 94.400

6918 Kaleidoscope Jam & Spoon · Epic · 1997 94.400

6919 Miasma The Black Dahlia Murder · Metal Blade Records · 2005 94.400

6920

Digital Ash in a Digital Urn Bright Eyes · Saddle Creek Records · 2005 94.400

6921 Foolish Behaviour Rod Stewart · Warner Bros. Records · 1980 94.380

6922

Dream of Life Patti Smith · Arista · 1988 94.380

6923

Taxi Bryan Ferry · Virgin · 1993 94.380

6924 Sugo Eugenio Finardi · 1976 94.350

6925 Dancing in Your Head Ornette Coleman · Horizon Records & Tapes · 1977 94.350

6926 Love Lives Forever Minnie Riperton · Capitol Records · 1980 94.350

6927

Декаданс Агата Кристи · Extraphone · 1994 94.350

6928

Weidorje Weidorje · Cobra · 1978 94.340

6929 Rigor Mortis Rigor Mortis · Capitol Records · 1988 94.340

6930 The Curtain Hits the Cast Low · Vernon Yard Recordings · 1996 94.340

6931 The Lydia EP Christian Morgenstern · Forte Records · 2000 94.340

6932

Let It Come Down Spiritualized · Arista · 2001 94.340

6933 Dubzilla Digital · Function Records · 2002 94.340

6934 McLemore Avenue Booker T. & the M.G.’s · Stax · 1970 94.300

6935 Piano Improvisations, Volume 1 Chick Corea · ECM Records · 1971 94.300

6936 Release Yourself Graham Central Station · Warner Bros. Records · 1974 94.300