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 343

8209

Dreamtime Return Steve Roach · Projekt · 1988 84.600

8210

Too Dark Park Skinny Puppy · Capitol Records · 1990 84.600

8211 Action Battlefield New Age Steppers · Statik Records · 1991 84.600

8212 Muta Leo Anibaldi · ACV · 1993 84.600

8213

The Anatomy of Addiction God · Big Cat Records · 1994 84.600

8214 The Divine Wings of Tragedy Symphony X · Zero Corporation · 1996 84.600

8215 Indio Indio · Transmat · 1999 84.600

8216

Ptahil Atrium Carceri · Cold Meat Industry · 2007 84.600

8217 By the Throat Eyedea & Abilities · Rhymesayers Entertainment · 2009 84.600

8218 First Impressions Shamek Farrah · Strata-East · 1974 84.600

8219 Mondo Beat Chris Carter · Conspiracy International · 1985 84.600

8220 Sonar Bases 4-10 Sonar Base · U-Trax · 1997 84.600

8221 Drop Acid Not Bombs The Railway Raver · Rephlex · 1998 84.600

8222 Anymore for Anymore Ronnie Lane’s Slim Chance · GM · 1974 84.550

8223 Kano Kano · Emergency Records · 1980 84.550

8224 At My Window Townes Van Zandt · Sugar Hill Records · 1987 84.550

8225 Ride the Rhythm Chill Rob G · Wild Pitch Records · 1989 84.550

8226

Sleeping With the Enemy Paris · 1992 84.550

8227 Ich‐Maschine Blumfeld · What’s So Funny About.. · 1992 84.550

8228 Monumental Possession Dødheimsgard · Malicious Records · 1996 84.550

8229 Accident of Birth Bruce Dickinson · Victor · 1997 84.550

8230

Miserere Karjalan Sissit · Cold Meat Industry · 2002 84.550

8231 Test Pattern Ryoji Ikeda · Raster‐Noton · 2008 84.550

8232

Beard, Wives, Denim Pond · Modular Recordings · 2012 84.550