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 436

10441 Passin' Thru James Gang · ABC Records · 1972 72.380

10442 Contraband Golden Earring · Polydor · 1976 72.380

10443 Stahlwerksynfonie Die Krupps · Zickzack · 1981 72.380

10444

The Big Heat Stan Ridgway · I.R.S. Records · 1985 72.380

10445 Flesh Jeff & Jane Hudson · Trisol · 1983 72.380

10446 Color in Rhythm Stimulate Mind Freedom African Blues · Distance · 1999 72.380

10447 Five‐a‐Side Ace · Anchor Records · 1974 72.270

10448 Lady in Waiting Outlaws · Arista · 1976 72.270

10449 Derringer Live Rick Derringer · Blue Sky · 1977 72.270

10450 Deadlines Strawbs · 1978 72.270

10451 Pranzo oltranzista Mike Patton · Tzadik · 1997 72.270

10452 Fuse Fuse · Epic · 1970 72.250

10453 Crawfish Fiesta Professor Longhair · Alligator · 1980 72.250

10454 Playing With a Different Sex Au Pairs · Roadrunner Records · 1981 72.250

10455

You Can’t Stop Rock ’n’ Roll Twisted Sister · Atlantic · 1983 72.250

10456 Juicy Fruit Mtume · Epic · 1983 72.250

10457

Tacy sami Lady Pank · Polskie Nagrania “Muza” · 1989 72.250

10458 Microgravity Biosphere · Origo Sound · 1991 72.250

10459 Into the Exotic Female · Downwards · 1997 72.250

10460 Rolle mit Hip Hop Afrob · Four Music · 1999 72.250

10461 …And Then There Was X DMX · Def Jam Recordings · 1999 72.250

10462 The God That Never Was Dismember · Regain Records · 2006 72.250

10463 The Hungry Saw Tindersticks · Beggars Banquet · 2008 72.250

10464

A Song for the Children Lonnie Liston Smith · CBS · 1979 72.240