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 391

9361 Neurotic Outsiders Neurotic Outsiders · Maverick · 1996 77.900

9362 Jaws of Death Primal Fear · Nuclear Blast · 1999 77.900

9363

Modjo Modjo · Sound of Barclay · 2001 77.900

9364 Little Honey Lucinda Williams · Lost Highway · 2008 77.900

9365

Board Up the House Genghis Tron · Relapse Records · 2008 77.900

9366 Quem é Quem João Donato · Odeon · 1973 77.900

9367 Chants pour le delta, la lune et le soleil Théâtre Du Chêne Noir D'Avignon · 1976 77.900

9368 Just Because Martin Dupont · 1984 77.900

9369 Najemnik Dżem · 1989 77.900

9370 Spår Peps Blodsband · Sonet · 1978 77.770

9371

Higelin 82 Jacques Higelin · EMI France · 1982 77.770

9372 The Wildest Wish to Fly Rupert Hine · A&M Records · 1991 77.770

9373 Bedside Toxicology Rx · Invisible Records · 1998 77.770

9374 Chicks on Speed Will Save Us All! Chicks on Speed · Chicks on Speed Records · 2000 77.770

9375 A1–D1 Gescom · Skam · 2007 77.770

9376 Muddlin Gear Jamie Lidell · Warp · 2000 77.760

9377 The End of the Game Peter Green · 1970 77.760

9378 Isotope Isotope · Gull · 1974 77.760

9379

Windjammer Freddie Hubbard · Columbia · 1976 77.760

9380 Samarcanda Roberto Vecchioni · Philips · 1977 77.760

9381 Wiped Out Raven · Neat Records · 1982 77.760

9382

Groovy, Laidback and Nasty Cabaret Voltaire · Parlophone · 1990 77.760

9383 Make Up the Breakdown Hot Hot Heat · Sub Pop Records · 2002 77.760

9384 Belong The Pains of Being Pure at Heart · Slumberland Records · 2011 77.760