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 296

7081 Bad Reputation Thin Lizzy · Vertigo · 1977 93.150

7082

Secrets Con Funk Shun · Mercury Records · 1977 93.150

7083 Virgins and Philistines The Colour Field · Chrysalis · 1985 93.150

7084

The Holy Bible Manic Street Preachers · Epic · 1994 93.150

7085

Life on a Plate Millencolin · Burning Heart Records · 1995 93.150

7086

Sounds of the Animal Kingdom Brutal Truth · Relapse Records · 1997 93.150

7087 R U OK Ambivalent · M_nus · 2007 93.150

7088

Long May You Run The Stills–Young Band · 1976 93.100

7089 Inside: Missing Link Volker Kriegel · MPS · 1972 93.090

7090 Squawk Budgie · MCA Records · 1972 93.090

7091 Labour of Love Mass · 4AD · 1981 93.090

7092 Geography Front 242 · Himalaya · 1982 93.090

7093

Ray of Light Madonna · Maverick · 1998 93.090

7094 Hashisheen: The End of Law Bill Laswell · Sub Rosa · 1999 93.090

7095 Random Thoughts Shulman · Aleph Zero Records · 2006 93.090

7096 The Sun Awakens Six Organs of Admittance · Drag City · 2006 93.090

7097

SxM Sangue misto · Century Vox Records · 1994 93.060

7098

Full Moon Kris Kristofferson · A&M Records · 1973 93.010

7099 The Secret Migration Mercury Rev · V2 · 2005 93.010

7100 Babble That Petrol Emotion · Polydor · 1987 93.000

7101

Journal for Plague Lovers Manic Street Preachers · Columbia · 2009 93.000

7102 Jazz w wolnych chwilach O.S.T.R. · Asfalt Records · 2003 93.000

7103

En-Tact The Shamen · One Little Indian Records · 1990 92.960

7104

Lupus in Fabula Sanctum · Cold Meat Industry · 1996 92.960