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 45

1057 Hold Your Colour Pendulum · Breakbeat Kaos · 2005 257.550

1058

The Payback James Brown · Polydor · 1973 257.530

1059 Persecution Mania Sodom · Steamhammer · 1987 257.530

1060 The Predator Ice Cube · Priority Records · 1992 257.520

1061 Tryshasla Secede · Sending Orbs · 2005 257.450

1062 Snow Borne Sorrow Nine Horses · Samadhisound · 2005 257.210

1063

Rock for Light Bad Brains · Abstract Sounds · 1983 256.680

1064

The Future Is Now Non Phixion · Landspeed Records · 2002 256.680

1065

Bryter Layter Nick Drake · Island · 1971 256.620

1066 Formless Gridlock · Hymen Records · 2003 256.620

1067 Elektroworld Elecktroids · Warp · 1995 256.500

1068 Animalize KISS · Mercury Records · 1984 256.410

1069

Live at the Marquee Dream Theater · ATCO Records · 1993 256.200

1070 The Dark Metal Church · Elektra · 1986 256.080

1071 Ghost Reveries Opeth · Roadrunner Records · 2005 256.080

1072

Goodbye Bread Ty Segall · Drag City · 2011 255.850

1073 Commodores Commodores · Motown · 1977 255.840

1074

Molly Hatchet Molly Hatchet · Epic · 1978 255.840

1075

City Life The Blackbyrds · Fantasy · 1975 255.780

1076 Hydra Toto · Columbia · 1979 255.640

1077 Foreign Affairs Tom Waits · Asylum Records · 1977 255.640

1078

The No Comprendo Les Rita Mitsouko · Virgin · 1986 255.640

1079 Soul Survivor Pete Rock · RCA · 1998 255.600

1080

Decksandrumsandrockandroll Propellerheads · DreamWorks Records · 1998 255.430