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 441

10561

Slow Dancer Boz Scaggs · Columbia · 1974 72.000

10562 Electrified Funk Wild Cherry · Epic · 1977 72.000

10563 Graham Nash / David Crosby Crosby & Nash · Atlantic · 1972 72.000

10564 For the Sake of Love Isaac Hayes · Polydor · 1978 72.000

10565 Munki The Jesus and Mary Chain · Creation Records · 1998 72.000

10566 Nazz III Nazz · Rhino · 1971 72.000

10567 You'll Never Know Rodney Franklin · Columbia · 1980 72.000

10568

In Square Circle Stevie Wonder · Motown · 1985 72.000

10569 Arno Arno · Virgin · 1986 72.000

10570 In All Languages Ornette Coleman · Caravan of Dreams Productions · 1987 72.000

10571 The Honeysuckle Breeze Tom Scott · impulse! · 1967 72.000

10572 Danses et rythmes de la Turquie d'hier à aujourd'hui Les Mogol · 1971 72.000

10573 Anadolu Pop Moğollar · Yavuz Plak · 1973 72.000

10574 Windows O'Donel Levy · Groove Merchant · 1976 72.000

10575 Headline News Capital Letters · Greensleeves Records · 1979 72.000

10576 Lesson No. 1 Glenn Branca · 99 Records · 1980 72.000

10577 Azra Azra · Jugoton · 1980 72.000

10578 “ ” Die Tödliche Doris · Zickzack · 1982 72.000

10579 Holy Intellect Poor Righteous Teachers · 1990 72.000

10580 Disengage Jim O’Rourke · Korm Plastics · 1992 72.000

10581 When the Sky Turns Black Brutality · Nuclear Blast · 1994 72.000

10582 The Biz The Sea and Cake · Thrill Jockey · 1995 72.000

10583 Herzfrequenz Blümchen · Control · 1996 72.000

10584 Hellfire's Dominion Desaster · 1998 72.000