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 4058

97369

Tumbleweed Connection Elton John · DJM Records · 1970 5.110

97370 Stars & Sirens Pristina · A Different Drum · 2006 5.110

97371 for lack of a better name deadmau5 · Ultra Records · 2009 5.110

97372 Being Funny in a Foreign Language The 1975 · 2022 5.110

97373

Accelerator The Future Sound of London · Jumpin’ & Pumpin’ · 1991 5.100

97374

No More Shall We Part Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Mute · 2001 5.100

97375 Revelation Michael Harrison · Cantaloupe Music · 2007 5.100

97376

Uptime / Downtime The Kleptones · 2010 5.100

97377 Wildflower The Avalanches · Modular Recordings · 2016 5.100

97378 The Sky, the Earth & All Between Architects · Epitaph · 2025 5.100

97379 Shinki Chen & His Friends 陳信輝 · Polydor · 1971 5.055

97380 I Am the Living Jimmy Cliff · wea · 1980 5.040

97381

The Wishing Chair 10,000 Maniacs · Elektra · 1985 5.040

97382 Burl Ives Sings Little White Duck and Other Children's Favorites Burl Ives · Columbia · 1991 5.040

97383 Outland Gary Numan · I.R.S. Records · 1991 5.040

97384 Pedon merkki XL5 · Zoo Music · 1996 5.040

97385

Data Error Tripod · M10 Records · 2003 5.040

97386 Songs of the West The Norman Luboff Choir · Columbia · 1955 5.040

97387 Great Film Themes No. 2 New Hollywood Orchestra · Music for Pleasure · 1967 5.040

97388

Shades of Deep Purple Deep Purple · Parlophone · 1968 5.040

97389 Stop All That Jazz Leon Russell · 1974 5.040

97390 Le Showbusiness Jean‐Pierre Ferland · Barclay · 1974 5.040

97391 Kramgoa låtar 1 Vikingarna · Mariann · 1975 5.040

97392 Komm in mein Gitarrenboot Kurt Demmler · AMIGA · 1979 5.040