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 322

7705 Dinosaur Swamps The Flock · CBS · 1970 88.160

7706 Stephan Remmler Stephan Remmler · Mercury Records · 1986 88.160

7707

Retro Active Def Leppard · Bludgeon Riffola · 1993 88.160

7708

Auswärtsspiel Die Toten Hosen · JKP · 2002 88.160

7709 Revelation Doug Carn · Black Jazz Records · 1973 88.110

7710 The Gift John Zorn · Tzadik · 2001 88.110

7711

Prima Materia Bluetech · Waveform Records · 2003 88.110

7712

Environments 3 The Future Sound of London · Jumpin’ & Pumpin’ · 2010 88.110

7713 Phoebe Snow Phoebe Snow · 1974 88.000

7714 Being With You Smokey Robinson · Tamla · 1981 88.000

7715

Wowee Zowee Pavement · Matador · 1995 88.000

7716 The Zombies The Zombies · Parrot · 1965 88.000

7717 Underwater Moonlight The Soft Boys · Matador · 1980 88.000

7718 Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records Chumbawamba · Agit Prop · 1986 88.000

7719

Velvet Darkness They Fear Theatre of Tragedy · Massacre Records · 1996 88.000

7720

Lake of Sorrow The Sins of Thy Beloved · Napalm Records · 1998 88.000

7721

Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays Empyrium · Prophecy Productions · 1999 88.000

7722 Dead Heart in a Dead World Nevermore · Century Media · 2000 88.000

7723 Relocated Camouflage · 2006 88.000

7724 Further Vexations The Black Dog · Soma Records · 2009 88.000

7725 In War and Pieces Sodom · Steamhammer · 2010 88.000

7726

Black‐Eyed Blues Esther Phillips · Kudu · 1973 87.980

7727 Alone (Again) Bill Evans · Fantasy · 1975 87.980

7728 Fever Con Funk Shun · Mercury Records · 1983 87.980