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 344

8233 The Moontrane Woody Shaw · Muse Records · 1975 84.550

8234 Grand 12-Inches 6: Upgrades and Additions Ben Liebrand · 2014 84.550

8235

Air Conditioning Curved Air · Warner Bros. Records · 1970 84.530

8236 The Great Blind Degree Richie Havens · Stormy Forest · 1971 84.530

8237

Happy Birthday Eddy Mitchell · Barclay · 1980 84.530

8238 Intuition Linx · Chrysalis · 1981 84.530

8239 A Change of Heart David Sanborn · Warner Bros. Records · 1987 84.530

8240 Unter Tage RAG · Put da Needle to da Records · 1998 84.510

8241

Pithecanthropus Erectus Charles Mingus · Atlantic · 1956 84.480

8242 Femme Fatale Gábor Szabó · Pepita · 1981 84.480

8243 Idle Gossip The Toy Dolls · Volume Records · 1986 84.480

8244 Mother Fist and Her Five Daughters Marc Almond · Virgin · 1987 84.480

8245 Templates Flanger · Ntone · 1999 84.480

8246 Cryptic Crunch Hux Flux · Koyote Records · 1999 84.480

8247 The Greatest Hits Whitney Houston · Arista · 2000 84.480

8248 Dive Deep Quintessence · Island · 1971 84.460

8249 When a Guitar Plays the Blues Roy Buchanan · Alligator · 1985 84.460

8250 Elenore The Turtles · 1993 84.460

8251 Music for the Mature B-Boy DJ Format · Genuine · 2003 84.460

8252 The Eternal Sonic Youth · Matador · 2009 84.460

8253 Growers of Mushroom Leaf Hound · Decca Records · 1971 84.390

8254 Fire Night Dance Peter Jacques Band · Prelude Records · 1979 84.390

8255 Zul’m Muslimgauze · Extreme · 1992 84.390

8256 Episodes of a Hustla Big Noyd · Tommy Boy · 1996 84.390