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 363

8689 Find Out! Stanley Clarke · Epic · 1985 81.760

8690 Gypsy Cowboy New Riders of the Purple Sage · Columbia · 1972 81.750

8691

Home Run Hardfloor · Harthouse America · 1996 81.750

8692 Oh, Good Grief! Vince Guaraldi · Warner Bros. Records · 1968 81.700

8693 Shades of Green Grant Green · Blue Note · 1972 81.700

8694 Baiano & Os Novos Caetanos Baiano & os Novos Caetanos · CID · 1974 81.700

8695 Brilliance Atlantic Starr · A&M Records · 1982 81.700

8696 Zero One Paul Hardcastle · 10 Records · 1985 81.700

8697 Enjoy! Descendents · Restless Records · 1986 81.700

8698 Blood & Flame NON · Mute · 1987 81.700

8699

Systemisch Oval · Mille Plateaux · 1994 81.700

8700 EC8OR EC8OR · 1995 81.700

8701 The Phantom Lodge Diabolical Masquerade · Adipocere Records · 1997 81.700

8702 From Within Anekdoten · Virtalevy · 1999 81.700

8703

BBC Sessions Cocteau Twins · Bella Union · 1999 81.700

8704 Kosi Comes Around DJ Koze · Kompakt · 2005 81.700

8705

Past Life Martyred Saints EMA · Rough Trade · 2011 81.700

8706 David Bowie David Bowie · Deram · 1967 81.650

8707 Jeg er jo lige her Anne Linnet · Pladecompagniet · 1988 81.650

8708 Carnival Maynard Ferguson · Columbia · 1978 81.620

8709

Flex Lene Lovich · Stiff Records · 1979 81.620

8710

Beaurivage Michel Berger · wea · 1981 81.620

8711 Mecca for Moderns The Manhattan Transfer · Atlantic · 1981 81.620

8712 Machina Electrica & Fornax Chemica Quirk · Matsuri Productions · 1998 81.620