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 357

8545

Laura Laura Pausini · CGD · 1994 82.620

8546 Signum P·A·L · Ant‐Zen · 1995 82.620

8547 Aria Alan Sorrenti · Harvest · 1972 82.560

8548 Feelin' Bitchy Millie Jackson · Spring Records · 1977 82.560

8549 Drastic Season African Head Charge · On-U Sound · 1983 82.560

8550 Metalized Sword · Aquarius Records · 1986 82.560

8551 Nu Romantix DMX Krew · Rephlex · 1998 82.560

8552 Insignificance Jim O’Rourke · Drag City · 2001 82.560

8553 Tangled Wool Xela · City Centre Offices · 2004 82.560

8554 Blue Cathedral Comets on Fire · Sub Pop Records · 2004 82.560

8555 The Cosmic Game Thievery Corporation · Eighteenth Street Lounge Music · 2005 82.560

8556

Junior Röyksopp · EMI Music France · 2009 82.560

8557 Demolished Thoughts Thurston Moore · Matador · 2011 82.560

8558 The Car Over the Lake Album The Ozark Mountain Daredevils · A&M Records · 1975 82.500

8559 Instant Replay Dan Hartman · Blue Sky · 1978 82.500

8560 The Motels The Motels · Capitol Records · 1979 82.500

8561 Chinese Wall Philip Bailey · Columbia · 1984 82.500

8562 A Letter From St. Paul The Silencers · RCA · 1987 82.500

8563 Echo Park Feeder · Roadrunner Records · 2001 82.500

8564 Idiology Mouse on Mars · Sonig · 2001 82.500

8565

Devil’s Night D12 · Interscope Records · 2001 82.500

8566 Great Expectations Tasmin Archer · EMI · 1992 82.490

8567 Woyaya Osibisa · Decca Records · 1971 82.450

8568 Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers · Beserkley Records · 1976 82.450