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?

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7969 Psychedelic Dreams Radical Distortion · 2009 86.320

7970 Culture of Fear Thievery Corporation · Eighteenth Street Lounge Music · 2011 86.320

7971 Street Party Black Oak Arkansas · ATCO Records · 1974 86.250

7972 Aufstehn Bots · Musikant · 1980 86.250

7973 Lake Lake · CBS · 1976 86.250

7974

Making Contact UFO · Chrysalis · 1983 86.250

7975 Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls Murderdolls · Roadrunner Records · 2002 86.250

7976 Bleibt alles anders Herbert Grönemeyer · Grönland Records · 1998 86.240

7977 Super Taranta! Gogol Bordello · SideOneDummy Records · 2007 86.240

7978 Scott Scott Walker · Philips · 1967 86.240

7979 ¡Viva Terlingua! Jerry Jeff Walker · MCA Records · 1973 86.240

7980 Durch die Wüste Hans-Joachim Roedelius · Sky Records · 1978 86.240

7981 All the Woo in the World Bernie Worrell · Arista · 1978 86.240

7982 Don’t Slander Me Roky Erickson · Enigma · 1986 86.240

7983 More Noise and Other Disturbances The Mighty Mighty Bosstones · Taang! Records · 1992 86.240

7984 Digital Soundtracks Clock DVA · Contempo Records · 1992 86.240

7985 The Gathering Testament · EastWest · 1999 86.240

7986

The River William Basinski · Raster‐Noton · 2002 86.240

7987 Supper (Smog) · Domino · 2003 86.240

7988 For Frosty Mornings and Summer Nights Xela · Neo Ouija · 2003 86.240

7989

Seven Swans Sufjan Stevens · Rough Trade · 2004 86.240

7990 Harumi Harumi · Verve Forecast · 1968 86.130

7991 Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky O'Donel Levy · Groove Merchant · 1974 86.130

7992 Shoulder to Shoulder South Wales Striking Miners Choir · Ministry of Power · 1984 86.130