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 392

9385 Arabian Nights The Ritchie Family · RCA Victor · 1976 77.700

9386 Tenth The Marshall Tucker Band · Warner Bros. Records · 1980 77.700

9387 Mind Over Muscle 220 Volt · CBS · 1985 77.700

9388 Raindance Gryphon · Transatlantic Records · 1975 77.600

9389 La serenissima Rondò Veneziano · Baby Records · 1981 77.600

9390 Venice in Peril Rondò Veneziano · Baby Records · 1983 77.600

9391 Aztechno Dream Alien Project · TIP.World · 2002 77.600

9392 The Remote Part Idlewild · Parlophone · 2002 77.600

9393 Trees Outside the Academy Thurston Moore · Ecstatic Peace! · 2007 77.600

9394

Sea of Cowards The Dead Weather · Third Man Records · 2010 77.600

9395 Lights Out Peter Wolf · EMI · 1984 77.520

9396 My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama Dweezil Zappa · Chrysalis · 1988 77.520

9397

Who Knows Where the Time Goes Judy Collins · Elektra · 1968 77.520

9398 Everything Stops for Tea Long John Baldry · Warner Bros. Records · 1972 77.520

9399 I Believe in You Don Williams · MCA Records · 1980 77.520

9400 Call of the Wild Lee Aaron · Attic · 1985 77.520

9401 Métamorphoses Jean Michel Jarre · Epic · 2000 77.520

9402

The Neon God, Part 2: The Demise W.A.S.P. · Noise Records · 2004 77.520

9403

The Clown Charles Mingus · Atlantic · 1957 77.440

9404 The Sorcerer Gábor Szabó · impulse! · 1967 77.440

9405

Expansions McCoy Tyner · Blue Note · 1969 77.440

9406 Fully Qualified Survivor Michael Chapman · Harvest · 1970 77.440

9407 Dedicated to You, but You Weren’t Listening The Keith Tippett Group · Vertigo · 1971 77.440

9408 Caught Up Millie Jackson · Spring Records · 1974 77.440