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 365

8737 10 to 23 José Feliciano · RCA · 1969 81.400

8738 5 Ekseption · Philips · 1972 81.400

8739 Holiday America · Warner Bros. Records · 1974 81.400

8740

Criteria for a Black Widow Annihilator · Roadrunner Records · 1999 81.400

8741 Ecstasy Deuter · Kuckuck · 1979 81.370

8742 Otto versaut Hamburg Otto Waalkes · Rüssl Räckords · 1981 81.370

8743

Contradictions Thomas Leer · Cherry Red Records · 1982 81.370

8744 Dream of a Lifetime Marvin Gaye · CBS · 1985 81.370

8745 Bonne Soirée Pino Daniele · EMI · 1987 81.370

8746 Arabia Vengeance · CBS · 1989 81.370

8747 Goodbye Cruel World! Brutal Truth · Relapse Records · 1999 81.370

8748 Mardraum: Beyond the Within Enslaved · Necropolis Records · 2000 81.370

8749 Big City Lenny White · Nemperor Records · 1977 81.340

8750 Something About You Angela Bofill · Arista · 1981 81.340

8751 Kix Kix · Atlantic · 1981 81.340

8752 Just Landed Burnt Friedman & The Nu Dub Players · ~scape · 2000 81.340

8753 Master Sessions 2 Up, Bustle & Out · Ninja Tune · 2001 81.340

8754 Mysterious Traveller System 7 · 2002 81.340

8755

Salvation Cult of Luna · Earache Records · 2004 81.340

8756 D-I-V-O-R-C-E Tammy Wynette · Epic · 1968 81.320

8757 Sleeping Beauty Cheech & Chong · 1976 81.320

8758 Trick Bag The Meters · Rhino · 1976 81.320

8759 Dickey Betts & Great Southern Dickey Betts and Great Southern · Arista · 1977 81.320

8760

Gideon Kenny Rogers · United Artists · 1980 81.320