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 291

6961 Hypermagic Mountain Lightning Bolt · Load Records · 2005 94.080

6962 Age of Winters The Sword · Kemado Records · 2006 94.080

6963 Lust for Blood Velvet Acid Christ · Metropolis Records · 2006 94.080

6964 Psykadelia Asia 2001 · 1997 94.050

6965 Ludwijka Anders Ilar · 2006 94.050

6966 Ludwijka: Extended Visit Anders Ilar · Shitkatapult · 2007 94.050

6967 Fahrenheit Toto · Columbia · 1986 94.010

6968 Technologic Toï Doï · Avatar Records · 2000 94.010

6969

Angles The Strokes · RCA · 2011 94.010

6970

Negro é lindo Jorge Ben · Philips · 1971 94.000

6971 Hats of Glass Eela Craig · Vertigo · 1978 93.980

6972 Let It Roll Little Feat · Warner Bros. Records · 1988 93.980

6973

Sky’s the Limit The Temptations · Motown · 1971 93.960

6974 Der nette Mann Böhse Onkelz · Rock-O-Rama Records · 1984 93.960

6975 Down on the Street Shakatak · Polydor · 1984 93.960

6976 Human Patterns Beanfield · Compost Records · 1999 93.960

6977 The Art of Dying Death Angel · Nuclear Blast · 2004 93.960

6978 Falling in Between Toto · Frontiers Records · 2006 93.960

6979 Gravy Train Gravy Train · Vertigo · 1970 93.960

6980 Solid Rock The Temptations · Motown · 1972 93.960

6981

Places Joey Beltram · Logic Records · 1995 93.960

6982

Imagination Joel Mull · Inside · 2000 93.960

6983 Book M Secret Chiefs 3 · Mimicry Records · 2001 93.960

6984 Simplicity Cosma · HOM-Mega Productions · 2001 93.960