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 305

7297

Rita Mitsouko Les Rita Mitsouko · Virgin · 1984 91.300

7298 Lyle Lovett Lyle Lovett · Curb Records · 1986 91.300

7299

O canto da cidade Daniela Mercury · Epic/Sony · 1992 91.300

7300 Special Beat Service The Beat · I.R.S. Records · 1982 91.260

7301 Blue Third Eye Blind · Elektra · 1999 91.260

7302 Faith and Courage Sinéad O’Connor · Atlantic · 2000 91.260

7303 Unbreakable Scorpions · BMG · 2004 91.260

7304 1234 Propaganda · Virgin · 1990 91.250

7305 There Goes the Neighborhood Joe Walsh · Asylum Records · 1981 91.200

7306 Thåström Thåström · 1989 91.200

7307 Symphonicities Sting · Deutsche Grammophon · 2010 91.200

7308

Fly by Night Rush · Mercury Records · 1975 91.200

7309 Inseparable Natalie Cole · Capitol Records · 1975 91.200

7310 Banzawa Jacob Desvarieux · GD Productions · 1983 91.200

7311 Oleva Ø · Sähkö Recordings · 2008 91.200

7312 Spirit Man Weldon Irvine · RCA · 1975 91.180

7313 Sam Suffy Marc Moulin · CBS · 1975 91.180

7314 The Trilogy Melvins · Ipecac Recordings · 2000 91.180

7315 The Wildest! Louis Prima · Capitol Records · 1956 91.160

7316 Just Another Diamond Day Vashti Bunyan · Philips · 1970 91.160

7317 Mingus Moves Charles Mingus · Atlantic · 1974 91.160

7318 Harder Than the Rest Culture · Front Line Records · 1978 91.160

7319

Burnt Offerings Iced Earth · Century Media · 1995 91.160

7320 Beat Bowery Electric · kranky · 1996 91.160