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 295

7057 At Budokan Bob Dylan · CBS/Sony · 1978 93.280

7058 Sure Shot Crown Heights Affair · De‐Lite Records · 1980 93.280

7059 3R4 B.C.Gilbert · 4AD · 1980 93.280

7060 Refuge Denied Sanctuary · Epic · 1987 93.280

7061 Repetition Unwound · Kill Rock Stars · 1996 93.280

7062 One/Three Dabrye · Ghostly International · 2001 93.280

7063 Bajm Bajm · 1982 93.240

7064 Odyssey Yngwie J. Malmsteen’s Rising Force · Polydor · 1988 93.240

7065 Shattered Existence Xentrix · Roadracer Records · 1989 93.240

7066 ACME The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion · Mute · 1998 93.240

7067 Cocktails, Carnage, Crucifixion and Pornography Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio · Cold Meat Industry · 2003 93.240

7068

Mosaic Wovenhand · Sounds Familyre · 2006 93.240

7069

Phantom Limb Pig Destroyer · Relapse Records · 2007 93.240

7070 The Story So Far Mo-Dettes · Deram · 1980 93.220

7071 Kilo Nits · CBS · 1983 93.220

7072

Hot, Cool & Vicious Salt‐N‐Pepa · Next Plateau Records Inc. · 1986 93.220

7073

Black Aria Glenn Danzig · Plan 9 · 1992 93.220

7074 Boulders Roy Wood · Harvest · 1973 93.170

7075

ButterFly Barbra Streisand · CBS/Sony · 1974 93.170

7076 Putting It Straight Pat Travers · Polydor · 1977 93.170

7077

WWIII KMFDM · Sanctuary Records · 2003 93.170

7078 Nancy in London Nancy Sinatra · 1966 93.150

7079

Mott Mott the Hoople · Columbia · 1973 93.150

7080 La Düsseldorf La Düsseldorf · Warner Music Group Germany · 1976 93.150