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 422

10105 Pearls II Elkie Brooks · A&M Records · 1982 74.000

10106 Fairweather Johnson Hootie & the Blowfish · Atlantic · 1996 74.000

10107 All Day Music War · United Artists · 1971 73.960

10108 Granicus Granicus · RCA · 1973 73.960

10109 A Sea of Faces Archie Shepp · Black Saint · 1975 73.960

10110 Teenage Head Teenage Head · Inter Global Music · 1979 73.960

10111 Morning Island 渡辺貞夫 · Flying Disk · 1979 73.960

10112 Brutal Out Deh The Itals · 1981 73.960

10113 You Must Be Certain of the Devil Diamanda Galás · Mute · 1988 73.960

10114 Asphyx Asphyx · Century Media · 1994 73.960

10115

Gommalacca Franco Battiato · Mercury Records · 1998 73.960

10116 Melodies for the Devil Amduscia · Out of Line · 2003 73.960

10117 Shadows on the Sun Brother Ali · Rhymesayers Entertainment · 2003 73.960

10118 Echo Poeme: Sequence No. 2 Nurse With Wound · United Jnana · 2005 73.960

10119 Potemkin City Limits Propagandhi · Fat Wreck Chords · 2005 73.960

10120 Delusions First Choice · Gold Mind · 1977 73.950

10121 Edith Nylon Edith Nylon · CBS · 1979 73.950

10122

Irons in the Fire Teena Marie · Motown · 1980 73.950

10123 Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty Felt · Cherry Red Records · 1982 73.950

10124 Metal Church Metal Church · Steamhammer · 1984 73.950

10125 Trip to Trancesylvania X-Dream · 1993 73.950

10126 Disco Inferno Delta 9 · Earache Records · 1997 73.950

10127 Inner Instincts Brian Harden · Nite Life Collective · 1998 73.950

10128 Rebirth Angra · Victor · 2001 73.950