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 416

9961 The Madman’s Return Snap! · Logic Records · 1992 74.800

9962 The Erosion of Sanity Gorguts · Roadrunner Records · 1993 74.800

9963

Vertical Memory Seed · Beyond · 1995 74.800

9964 Greatest Death Brighter Death Now · Cold Meat Industry · 1998 74.800

9965 Light Fantastic Steve Roach · Fathom · 1999 74.800

9966 More or Less Mono Dub Tractor · City Centre Offices · 2003 74.800

9967

Sonnenheim :Of the Wand & the Moon: · Heiðrunar Myrkrunar · 2005 74.800

9968 Peaks and Troughs Mikkel Metal · Echocord · 2008 74.800

9969 Syreeta Syreeta · MoWest · 1972 74.760

9970 The Perfect Release Annette Peacock · Aura · 1979 74.760

9971 Taste The Music Kleeer · Atlantic · 1982 74.760

9972 Up for a Bit With the Pastels The Pastels · Glass Records · 1987 74.760

9973 Under the Influence Overkill · Atlantic · 1988 74.760

9974 Subconscious Terror Benediction · Nuclear Blast America · 1990 74.760

9975 Burn Out at the Hydrogen Bar Chemlab · Metal Blade Records · 1993 74.760

9976

Soup Blind Melon · Capitol Records · 1995 74.760

9977 The Artist in the Ambulance Thrice · Island · 2003 74.760

9978 So Wrong, It’s Right All Time Low · Hopeless Records · 2007 74.760

9979 Agorapocalypse Agoraphobic Nosebleed · Relapse Records · 2009 74.760

9980 Zarathustra Museo Rosenbach · Ricordi · 1973 74.760

9981 The Very Best of Bird Charlie Parker · Warner Bros. Records · 1977 74.760

9982 Cheap at Half the Price Fred Frith · Ralph Records · 1983 74.760

9983 Murmur Hula · Red Rhino Records · 1985 74.760

9984

Indian Summer Friedemann · Biber Records · 1987 74.760