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 451

10801 Affenstunde Popol Vuh · Liberty · 1970 71.100

10802 Music Inc. Music Inc. · Strata-East · 1971 71.100

10803 The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse The Legendary Pink Dots · Play It Again Sam Records USA · 1990 71.100

10804 Inner Light Exquisite Corpse · KK Records · 1993 71.100

10805 Blissard Motorpsycho · Stickman Records · 1996 71.100

10806

Le combat continue Ideal J · Barclay · 1998 71.100

10807 Falling Down Jehst · Low Life Records · 2003 71.100

10808

Everything Is OK Jaytech · Anjunadeep · 2008 71.100

10809 Eve of Destruction Barry McGuire · Dunhill Records · 1965 71.040

10810 Twist Au bonheur des dames · Philips · 1973 71.040

10811 Keep the Fire Kenny Loggins · Columbia · 1979 71.040

10812 Forging Ahead Bad Manners · Magnet · 1982 71.040

10813 Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat Sparks · Atlantic · 1984 71.040

10814

Rock ’n’ Roll Trust · Epic · 1984 71.040

10815 Lone Justice Lone Justice · Geffen Records · 1985 71.040

10816 Stomp 442 Anthrax · Elektra · 1995 71.040

10817

The Long Road Nickelback · Roadrunner Records · 2003 71.040

10818 Ultimate Spinach III Ultimate Spinach · Big Beat · 1969 70.980

10819 Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela Herb Alpert · Horizon Records & Tapes · 1978 70.980

10820 Tough Kurtis Blow · Mercury Records · 1982 70.980

10821 Five‐O Hank Williams, Jr. · Curb Records · 1985 70.980

10822 Supersonic J.J. Fad · Ruthless Records · 1988 70.980

10823 This Fire Paula Cole · Warner Bros. Records · 1996 70.980

10824

Breathe Faith Hill · Warner Bros. Records · 1999 70.980