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?

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961

The Undertones The Undertones · Sire Records · 1979 269.100

962

20Ten Prince · NPG Records · 2010 268.500

963

New York Lou Reed · Sire Records · 1989 268.400

964

Night and Day Joe Jackson · A&M Records · 1982 268.110

965

The Altogether Orbital · FFRR · 2001 267.910

966

Songs for the Deaf Queens of the Stone Age · Interscope Records · 2002 267.890

967

Virtual Geisha Japanese Telecom · International Deejay Gigolo Records · 2001 267.840

968

Au cœur de la nuit Téléphone · EMI France · 1980 267.200

969 Keep On Jumpin’ Musique · Prelude Records · 1978 267.090

970

Skid Row Skid Row · Atlantic · 1989 267.090

971

Suprême NTM Suprême NTM · Epic · 1998 266.910

972

Strange Mercy St. Vincent · 4AD · 2011 266.640

973 Watt Ten Years After · Deram · 1970 266.490

974 Burattino senza fili Edoardo Bennato · Ricordi · 1977 266.430

975

Third Portishead · Island · 2008 266.430

976 If That's What It Takes Michael McDonald · Warner Bros. Records · 1982 266.400

977

Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits · Island · 1983 266.400

978 Steady Diet of Nothing Fugazi · Dischord Records · 1991 266.220

979

Defenders of the Faith Judas Priest · Columbia · 1984 266.050

980 In on the Kill Taker Fugazi · Dischord Records · 1993 266.050

981 Alice Tom Waits · Epitaph · 2002 265.760

982

Second Toughest in the Infants Underworld · Junior Boy’s Own · 1996 265.740

983 Psychedelic Jungle The Cramps · I.R.S. Records · 1981 265.720

984

Midian Cradle of Filth · Music for Nations · 2000 265.600