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 383

9169 Prima Materia Oliver Ho · Meta Records · 1999 79.050

9170 Asylum Seekers Vice · Black Nation Records · 2000 79.050

9171 The Final War Approaching Armagedda · Breath of Night Records · 2001 79.050

9172 Informis Infinitas Inhumanitas Origin · Relapse Records · 2002 79.050

9173

At the Soundless Dawn Red Sparowes · Neurot Recordings · 2004 79.050

9174 Goa Gate Amithaba Buddha · Phototropic Records · 2008 79.050

9175 Kings of Mali Chico Freeman · India Navigation · 1977 79.050

9176

Directstep Herbie Hancock · CBS/Sony · 1979 79.050

9177 Weirs Vibert · Rephlex · 1993 79.050

9178 Masticate to Dominate Gorgasm · Unique Leader Records · 2003 79.050

9179 Time + Plague Klinik · Hands Productions · 2005 79.050

9180 Tradition in Transition Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro · Tru Thoughts · 2009 79.050

9181 Blaze of Glory Joe Jackson · A&M Records · 1989 79.040

9182 Lovelife Lush · 4AD · 1996 79.040

9183 World of Hurt Ilse DeLange · Warner Bros. Records · 1998 79.040

9184

Antipop Primus · Interscope Records · 1999 79.040

9185

Au rêve Cassius · Virgin · 2002 79.040

9186

Credo The Human League · 2011 79.040

9187 I Don’t Want to Go Home Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes · Epic · 1976 79.000

9188 Un encuentro Triana · Movieplay · 1980 79.000

9189 Rövarkungens ö Nationalteatern · 1980 79.000

9190 The Man With the Horn Miles Davis · Columbia · 1981 79.000

9191 Czas czekania, czas olśnienia Budka Suflera · Polton · 1984 79.000

9192

This Is the Day… This Is the Hour… This Is This! Pop Will Eat Itself · RCA · 1989 79.000