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 355

8497 Phase IV Art Zoyd · Recommended Records · 1982 82.810

8498 Play 9 Songs With Mr. Quintron Oblivians · Crypt Records · 1997 82.810

8499

Horace-Scope The Horace Silver Quintet · Blue Note · 1960 82.800

8500 Burglar Freddie King · Polydor · 1974 82.800

8501 Soon Forward Gregory Isaacs · Front Line Records · 1979 82.800

8502 International Herb Culture · Virgin · 1979 82.800

8503 Destruction by Definition The Suicide Machines · 1996 82.800

8504 Wonderground Healer · Flying Rhino Records · 2000 82.800

8505 The Analysis of Noise Trading Architect · Hymen Records · 2005 82.800

8506 Loving Explosion The Eliminators · Brunswick · 1972 82.800

8507 Now Wait for Last Year Caroline K · Earthly Delights · 1987 82.800

8508

Phantom of Life Nor Elle · Mole Listening Pearls · 1998 82.800

8509 Blast Tyrant Clutch · DRT Entertainment · 2004 82.800

8510 Never Get Out of These Blues Alive John Lee Hooker · Probe · 1972 82.770

8511 Vittra Naglfar · Wrong Again Records · 1995 82.770

8512

Trip Tease Tipsy · Asphodel · 1996 82.770

8513 Deep Space Network meets Higher Intelligence Agency Deep Space Network · Source US · 1996 82.770

8514

The Spirits Inside Me Jori Hulkkonen · F Communications · 1998 82.770

8515 Circuit James Ruskin · Blueprint · 2003 82.770

8516 Milagre dos peixes Milton Nascimento · Odeon · 1973 82.770

8517 Por este rio acima Fausto · CBS · 1982 82.770

8518

You Can Be Special Too Evil Nine · Marine Parade · 2004 82.770

8519 Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier’s Choice) John Fahey · Takoma · 1973 82.720

8520 Consciousness Pat Martino · Muse Records · 1974 82.720