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 35

817

Multila Vladislav Delay · Chain Reaction · 2000 290.720

818 Lucio Battisti, la batteria, il contrabbasso, eccetera Lucio Battisti · RCA Victor · 1976 290.680

819 Aretha Now Aretha Franklin · Atlantic · 1968 290.580

820

Yo! Bum Rush the Show Public Enemy · Def Jam Recordings · 1987 290.580

821

From Under the Cork Tree Fall Out Boy · Island · 2005 290.580

822 Crosswinds Billy Cobham · Atlantic · 1974 290.500

823

The Dream of the Blue Turtles Sting · A&M Records · 1985 289.930

824

Sleep Dirt Frank Zappa · DiscReet · 1979 289.850

825 Mix-Up Cabaret Voltaire · Rough Trade · 1979 289.820

826 As Quatro Estações Legião Urbana · EMI · 1989 289.800

827 The Mix‐Up Beastie Boys · Capitol Records · 2007 289.520

828 On and On Jack Johnson · Modular Recordings · 2003 289.000

829

Pod The Breeders · 4AD · 1990 288.960

830 Horse Rotorvator Coil · Force and Form · 1986 288.880

831 Silence in the Secret Garden Moodymann · Peacefrog Records · 2003 288.300

832

Actor St. Vincent · 4AD · 2009 288.100

833 Broken Bells Broken Bells · Columbia · 2010 287.240

834 Cultösaurus Erectus Blue Öyster Cult · CBS · 1980 286.740

835 This Nation’s Saving Grace The Fall · PVC Records · 1985 286.650

836

Reality David Bowie · Columbia · 2003 286.400

837

The Dance Fleetwood Mac · Warner Bros. Records · 1997 286.380

838 The Serpent’s Egg Dead Can Dance · 4AD · 1988 286.200

839 Animal Magnetism Scorpions · Harvest · 1980 285.930

840

My Song Keith Jarrett · ECM Records · 1978 285.600