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 378

9049

Truth Is Born of Arguments Locust · Apollo · 1995 79.680

9050 So What Synapscape · Ant‐Zen · 1999 79.680

9051 Avi Buffalo Avi Buffalo · Sub Pop Records · 2010 79.680

9052

Mirrorwriting Jamie Woon · Polydor · 2011 79.680

9053

Ten Days of Blue John Beltran · Peacefrog Records · 1996 79.671

9054 Men From Earth The Ozark Mountain Daredevils · A&M Records · 1976 79.570

9055

Pouvoirs Bernard Lavilliers · Barclay · 1979 79.560

9056 The Game Sham 69 · Polydor · 1980 79.560

9057 The First Defiance Agony · Under One Flag · 1988 79.560

9058

Born Dead Body Count · Virgin · 1994 79.560

9059 Self Oscillation Deedrah · Substance · 1997 79.560

9060 Cut C-Tec · Soyuz Music · 2000 79.560

9061 Animal Notes Crack the Sky · Lifesong Records · 1976 79.540

9062 Errol Flynn The Dogs D’Amour · China Records · 1989 79.540

9063

Making Friends No Use for a Name · Fat Wreck Chords · 1997 79.540

9064 In Mass Mind The Make-Up · Dischord Records · 1998 79.540

9065 Incipit Satan Gorgoroth · Nuclear Blast · 2000 79.540

9066 The Best So Far Whitney Houston 79.540

9067 Sound Magazine The Partridge Family · Bell Records · 1971 79.520

9068 Pink Bubbles Go Ape Helloween · EMI · 1991 79.520

9069 Let the Sunshine In Diana Ross & The Supremes · Motown · 1969 79.500

9070 Heavy Nova Robert Palmer · EMI Manhattan · 1988 79.500

9071

Ricks Road Texas · Vertigo · 1993 79.500

9072 Urban Solitude Anouk · Dino Music · 1999 79.500