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 307

7345 Hosannas From the Basements of Hell Killing Joke · Cooking Vinyl · 2006 90.900

7346 Nicolette Nicolette Larson · Warner Bros. Records · 1978 90.860

7347 High Crime Al Jarreau · Warner Bros. Records · 1984 90.860

7348 These Things Too Pearls Before Swine · 1969 90.850

7349

Music Is My Life Billy Preston · A&M Records · 1972 90.850

7350 XI. Omega · Pepita · 1982 90.850

7351 Unrein Oomph! · Virgin · 1998 90.850

7352 Claridade Clara Nunes · Odeon · 1975 90.780

7353 Telepathic With the Deceased Xasthur · 2004 90.780

7354

Back to Earth Eat Static · Interchill Records · 2008 90.780

7355 Insurgentes Steven Wilson · Tonefloat · 2008 90.780

7356 Sweet Sadness Electrypnose · 2010 90.780

7357

Rocking in Nashville Eddy Mitchell · Barclay · 1974 90.750

7358 Tim Buckley Tim Buckley · Elektra · 1966 90.720

7359 Rocky: Original Motion Picture Score Bill Conti · Liberty · 1976 90.720

7360 Meeresfahrt Lift · AMIGA · 1979 90.720

7361 Atom Drum Bop The Three Johns · Abstract Sounds · 1984 90.720

7362 Down by the Old Mainstream Golden Smog · 1995 90.720

7363

The Minneapolis Sessions Freddie Fresh · Missile Records · 1997 90.720

7364

Civilization Front Line Assembly · Soyuz Music · 2004 90.720

7365 Globetrotter Guru Guru · 1977 90.720

7366

1978: Gli dei se ne vanno gli arrabbiati restano! Area · SEVEN SEAS · 1978 90.720

7367

Poetic Champions Compose Van Morrison · Mercury Records · 1987 90.720

7368 Old 8x10 Randy Travis · Warner Bros. Records · 1988 90.720