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 431

10321 Raw Digits Super_Collider · Rise Robots Rise · 2002 73.080

10322 More Parts Per Million The Thermals · Sub Pop Records · 2003 73.080

10323

Tubular Bells 2003 Mike Oldfield · wea · 2003 73.080

10324 Love and Curses Reigning Sound · In the Red Records · 2009 73.080

10325

Street Herman Brood & His Wild Romance · Ariola · 1977 73.040

10326 Electric Head The Grid · Strike Force Entertainment · 1990 73.040

10327 Sex Machine: The Very Best of James Brown James Brown · Polydor · 1991 73.040

10328 Double Eclipse Hardline · MCA Records · 1992 73.040

10329 Thirteen Teenage Fanclub · Geffen Records · 1993 73.040

10330 14 Shots to the Dome LL Cool J · Def Jam Recordings · 1993 73.040

10331 Between the Walls Axel Rudi Pell · Steamhammer · 1994 73.040

10332 The Dark Side of the Moog IV Pete Namlook · FAX +49-69/450464 · 1996 73.040

10333 Muggs Presents... The Soul Assassins Chapter I DJ Muggs · Columbia · 1997 73.040

10334 Altar Sunn O))) · Southern Lord · 2006 73.040

10335 Give Me Your Soul… Please King Diamond · Massacre Records · 2007 73.040

10336

Paris France Transit Didier Marouani · Disques Vogue · 1982 73.040

10337 L.A.M.F. Revisited Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers · Jungle Records · 1984 73.040

10338 Tilt Tilt · Tonpress · 1988 73.040

10339 Some Boots Karate · Southern Records · 2002 73.040

10340

War All the Time Thursday · Island · 2003 73.040

10341 Spy Thriller Das Kabinette · 2008 73.040

10342 Trilogue: Live! Albert Mangelsdorff · MPS · 2012 73.040

10343 Killin' Time Gasolin’ · CBS · 1978 73.000

10344

Open Season British Sea Power · Rough Trade · 2005 73.000