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 438

10489 Definition D.R.I. · Rotten Records · 1992 72.210

10490 Black Moon Pyramid Axel Rudi Pell · Steamhammer · 1996 72.210

10491 Spoke Calexico · Hausmusik · 1996 72.210

10492 Silence of the World Beyond A Canorous Quintet · No Fashion Records · 1996 72.210

10493 Honky Reduction Agoraphobic Nosebleed · Relapse Records · 1998 72.210

10494

Deserter’s Songs Mercury Rev · V2 · 1998 72.210

10495 Lionheart Saxon · Steamhammer · 2004 72.210

10496 Tierbeobachtungen Jan Jelinek · ~scape · 2006 72.210

10497 We Have You Surrounded The Dirtbombs · In the Red Records · 2008 72.210

10498

A Martyrium of White Roses Die Weisse Rose · Cold Meat Industry · 2009 72.210

10499 Mountains Steamhammer · CBS · 1970 72.210

10500 Abbiamo tutti un blues da piangere Perigeo · RCA Italiana · 1973 72.210

10501 Hotel Menthol Hungária · Pepita · 1981 72.210

10502 Heroes, Saints & Fools Saracen · Escape Music Ltd. · 1981 72.210

10503 The Desert Music Steve Reich · Nonesuch · 1985 72.210

10504 Horizon Culture Beat · Epic · 1991 72.210

10505 The Infidel Doubting Thomas · Wax Trax! Records · 1991 72.210

10506 Embody Synaesthesia · Cleopatra Records · 1995 72.210

10507 Cliphop Mokira · Raster‐Noton · 2000 72.210

10508 Poets and Madmen Savatage · Steamhammer · 2001 72.210

10509 Trust It Junior Jack · Nettwerk · 2004 72.210

10510 Why Dontcha West, Bruce & Laing · Windfall Records · 1972 72.200

10511 Primal Scream Primal Scream · Creation Records · 1989 72.200

10512

Dish of the Day Fool’s Garden · Intercord · 1995 72.200