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 445

10657 Cluster 71 Cluster · Philips · 1971 71.400

10658 In Pursuit of the 27th Man Horace Silver · Blue Note · 1973 71.400

10659 Law of the Land The Undisputed Truth · Tamla Motown · 1973 71.400

10660 Machine Machine · RCA Victor · 1979 71.400

10661 Cool From the Wire Dirty Looks · Atlantic · 1988 71.400

10662 The Orion Years Age · Mille Plateaux · 1994 71.400

10663 Double or Nothing Erick Sermon · Rush Associated Labels · 1995 71.400

10664 In This Defiance Strife · Victory Records · 1997 71.400

10665 The Black Album L.S.G. · Superstition · 1998 71.400

10666 Pop Loops for Breakfast B. Fleischmann · Charhizma · 1999 71.400

10667 De Principii Evangelikum Antaeus · Osmose Productions · 2002 71.400

10668 Summer in Abaddon Pinback · Touch and Go Records · 2004 71.400

10669 West Lucinda Williams · Lost Highway · 2007 71.400

10670 Have Guitar Will Travel Bo Diddley · Checker · 1960 71.380

10671

Revelation Man · Pye Records · 1969 71.380

10672 Heavy Petting Dr. Strangely Strange · Vertigo · 1970 71.380

10673 Resa mot okänt mål Kebnekajse · Silence Records · 1971 71.380

10674 The Restful Mind Larry Coryell · Vanguard · 1975 71.380

10675 Northwinds David Coverdale · Purple Records · 1978 71.380

10676 I Didn't See It Coming The Professionals · Virgin · 1981 71.380

10677

Restless Starpoint · Elektra · 1985 71.380

10678 The Wrong People Furniture · Stiff Records · 1986 71.380

10679 Lyrical King (From the Boogie Down Bronx) T La Rock · Fresh Records · 1987 71.380

10680 Reunion Wilderness The Railway Children · Factory · 1987 71.380