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 353

8449 Terence Trent D’Arby’s Symphony or Damn Terence Trent D’Arby · Columbia · 1993 83.160

8450 Journey to the Centre of the Eye Nektar · Bacillus Records · 1971 83.160

8451 Polar AC Freddie Hubbard · CTI · 1975 83.160

8452 Trans Harmonic Nights Peter Baumann · Virgin · 1979 83.160

8453 Poison Bell Biv DeVoe · MCA Records · 1990 83.160

8454

Tin Machine II Tin Machine · London Records · 1991 83.160

8455 Straw Mental Destruction · Cold Meat Industry · 1996 83.160

8456 Oceans of Time Axel Rudi Pell · Victor · 1998 83.160

8457

Frozen Sentenced · Century Media · 1998 83.160

8458 Brownout Phoenecia · Schematic · 2001 83.160

8459 Hands Little Boots · 679 · 2008 83.160

8460 Here’s to Taking It Easy Phosphorescent · Dead Oceans · 2010 83.160

8461 First Offense Corey Hart · Aquarius Records · 1983 83.070

8462 Anywhere I Lay My Head Scarlett Johansson · ATCO Records · 2008 83.070

8463 Ian Hunter Ian Hunter · CBS · 1975 83.000

8464 Visible World Jan Garbarek · ECM Records · 1996 83.000

8465 Trackman Andrew Richley & Ryan Rivera · Fine Audio Recordings · 1998 83.000

8466 Pleasures Pave Sewers Lock Up · Nuclear Blast · 1999 83.000

8467 Grit Madrugada · Virgin · 2002 83.000

8468

Cauldron Subsidence Quantec · Echocord · 2009 83.000

8469 Red Barked Tree Wire · 2010 83.000

8470 Original Album Series Blackfoot · ATCO Records · 2013 83.000

8471 Happy Children Osibisa · Warner Bros. Records · 1973 82.950

8472 Good Times Elvis Presley · RCA Victor · 1974 82.950