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 411

9841 Lenox Avenue Breakdown Arthur Blythe · Columbia · 1979 75.600

9842 Block to Block De Press · 1981 75.600

9843 Saint Vitus Saint Vitus · SST Records · 1984 75.600

9844 Major Malfunction Keith LeBlanc · Cleopatra Records · 1986 75.600

9845 The Album Dynamix II · Dynamix II Records · 1990 75.600

9846 Another Minute Cause & Effect · BMG · 1991 75.600

9847 Audio Sedative Mannish · 1995 75.600

9848 The Circle Maker John Zorn · Tzadik · 1998 75.600

9849 Soulhack Forss · Sonar Kollektiv · 2003 75.600

9850 The Killion Floor Orgone · Ubiquity · 2007 75.600

9851 Robotron Signal · Raster‐Noton · 2007 75.600

9852 Sadly, the Future Is No Longer What It Was Leyland Kirby · History Always Favours the Winners · 2009 75.600

9853 Fat Mattress Fat Mattress · Polydor · 1969 75.530

9854

Wasa Wasa Edgar Broughton Band · Harvest · 1969 75.530

9855 Canciones profanas Alaska y Dinarama · EMI · 1983 75.530

9856 Iron Savior Iron Savior · Noise Records · 1997 75.530

9857 Blaze Lagwagon · Fat Wreck Chords · 2003 75.530

9858

Out of Control Girls Aloud · Fascination · 2008 75.530

9859 Musi-O-Tunya Misty in Roots · People Unite · 1985 75.530

9860 Game Over / The Plague Nuclear Assault · Under One Flag · 1987 75.530

9861 Ask Me Tomorrow Mojave 3 · 4AD · 1995 75.530

9862 Una semana en el motor de un autobús Los Planetas · RCA · 1998 75.530

9863 360 Business / 360 Bypass Pan•American · kranky · 1999 75.530

9864 Progression Sessions 7: Japan Live 2002 LTJ Bukem · Good Looking Records · 2002 75.530