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 3027

72625 5 By 5 The Dave Clark Five · Columbia · 1968 10.010

72626 Silver Trees Abstract Truth · Shadoks Music · 1970 10.010

72627 Food for the Mind Zager & Evans · Vanguard · 1971 10.010

72628 Wonderful World of Christmas Robert Goulet · CBS Special Products · 1972 10.010

72629 Nurses Song With Elephants David Bedford · Dandelion Records · 1972 10.010

72630 Erlkoenig Erlkoenig · 1973 10.010

72631 Keltia Ar Skloferien · Vogue · 1974 10.010

72632 Voci Luciano Basso · Ariston · 1976 10.010

72633 Barbari e bar Enzo Maolucci · 1978 10.010

72634 Ein Abend mit Peter Alexander - Die neuen Schlagererfolge Peter Alexander · Ariola · 1979 10.010

72635 Premiere Lydie Auvray · Pläne · 1981 10.010

72636

Meat Is Murder The Smiths · Rough Trade · 1985 10.010

72637 A Boy Playing the Magical Bugle Horn Outer Limits · CRiME · 1986 10.010

72638 36.5℃ 中島みゆき · CANYON · 1986 10.010

72639 Boot to the Head The Frantics · Attic · 1987 10.010

72640 Έμπνευση Άννα Βίσση · CBS · 1988 10.010

72641 Rendez-vous Sandy Coast · 1988 10.010

72642 Indian Summer C.V. Jørgensen · CBS · 1988 10.010

72643 Ten Fold Hate Chemical People · Cruz Records · 1989 10.010

72644 Working Class Hero Jerry Williams · Sonet · 1989 10.010

72645 Rotting Corpse au Go-Go The Velvet Monkeys · Shimmy Disc · 1989 10.010

72646 Live 1981 and 1986 Adolescents · Triple X Records · 1989 10.010

72647 Ave Dementia The Marionettes · 1990 10.010

72648 Naïve KMFDM · Wax Trax! Records · 1990 10.010