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 44

1033 Monotheist Celtic Frost · Century Media · 2006 260.580

1034

WASP W.A.S.P. · Capitol Records · 1984 260.480

1035 The Last Days of Gravity Younger Brother · Twisted Records · 2007 260.260

1036 Ultraglide in Black The Dirtbombs · In the Red Records · 2001 260.100

1037 Under Lock and Key Dokken · Elektra · 1985 259.940

1038 Kollaps Einstürzende Neubauten · Zickzack · 1981 259.880

1039 Locust Abortion Technician Butthole Surfers · Touch and Go Records · 1987 259.880

1040 Ashes of the Wake Lamb of God · Epic · 2004 259.720

1041

Emotional Rescue The Rolling Stones · Rolling Stones Records · 1980 259.500

1042

Know Your Enemy Manic Street Preachers · Epic · 2001 259.500

1043 Why Discharge · Receiver Records · 1998 259.350

1044

Life Is Peachy Korn · Epic · 1996 259.200

1045 Sunflower Milt Jackson · CTI · 1973 258.990

1046 “X” Klaus Schulze · 1978 258.860

1047 Black Sea XTC · Virgin · 1980 258.860

1048 Twitch Ministry · Sire Records · 1986 258.860

1049

Brothers The Black Keys · Nonesuch · 2010 258.720

1050 Bon Jovi Bon Jovi · Mercury Records · 1984 258.390

1051

Fetisch Xmal Deutschland · 4AD · 1983 258.390

1052

Into the Pandemonium Celtic Frost · Noise · 1987 258.000

1053

Saturday Night Wrist Deftones · 2005 258.000

1054 Mardi Gras Creedence Clearwater Revival · Fantasy · 1972 257.690

1055 From the Inside Alice Cooper · Warner Bros. Records · 1978 257.640

1056 The Seduction of Silence Intrusion · echospace [detroit] · 2009 257.610