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 429

10273 Healing Todd Rundgren · Bearsville Records · 1981 73.320

10274 Dreamland Asia 2001 · Avatar Records · 2000 73.320

10275

Hard Candy Counting Crows · Geffen Records · 2002 73.320

10276 High Anxiety Therapy? · Spitfire Records · 2003 73.320

10277 Prose Edda Yggdrasil · Digital Psionics · 2009 73.320

10278 Grand 12-Inches 7 - Upgrades And Additions Ben Liebrand · 2014 73.320

10279 She Maldoror · Ipecac Recordings · 1999 73.260

10280 Liquido Liquido · Virgin · 1999 73.260

10281 The Snake Harvey Mandel · Janus Records · 1972 73.150

10282 The Present The Moody Blues · Threshold Records · 1983 73.150

10283 DaDa Alice Cooper · Warner Bros. Records · 1983 73.150

10284 Forever Kool & the Gang · Mercury Records · 1986 73.150

10285 Digitalis Ambigua, Gold and Poison SPK · Nettwerk · 1987 73.150

10286

Native Tongue Poison · Capitol Records · 1993 73.150

10287 Twisted Del Amitri · A&M Records · 1995 73.150

10288 Nitrox Etnica · Spirit Zone Recordings · 2001 73.140

10289 Coat of Many Colors Dolly Parton · RCA Victor · 1971 73.100

10290

There Must Be a Better World Somewhere B.B. King · MCA Records · 1981 73.100

10291 Hexbreaker! The Fleshtones · I.R.S. Records · 1983 73.100

10292 Underdog Jingo de Lunch · Vertigo · 1990 73.100

10293

Music by Ry Cooder Ry Cooder · Warner Bros. Records · 1995 73.100

10294 Through Times of War Keep of Kalessin · Avantgarde Music · 1997 73.100

10295 Death Metal Dismember · Nuclear Blast · 1997 73.100

10296 Defiance Assemblage 23 · Accession Records · 2002 73.100