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 456

10921 Black Drops Charles Earland · Prestige · 1970 70.470

10922 Breeding of Mind O'Donel Levy · Groove Merchant · 1972 70.470

10923

Get to the Feeling Pleasure · Fantasy · 1978 70.470

10924 Solar Funk Travis Biggs · Source Records · 1979 70.470

10925 Sweet Sensation Stephanie Mills · 20th Century-Fox Records · 1980 70.470

10926 Con 3 Conrad Schnitzler · Sky Records · 1981 70.470

10927 Agotados de esperar el fin Ilegales · Epic · 1984 70.470

10928 Silhouettes Lonnie Liston Smith · Doctor Jazz · 1984 70.470

10929

In Rough Territory 4hero · Reinforced Records · 1991 70.470

10930 In the Shadows Mercyful Fate · Metal Blade Records · 1993 70.470

10931 The End of Everything Voodoo Child · Elektra · 1996 70.470

10932 2 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor · Lowland Records · 1996 70.470

10933

Curious Corn Ozric Tentacles · Madfish · 1997 70.470

10934 Fatherland Ancient Rites · Mascot Records · 1998 70.470

10935 Arena en los bolsillos Manolo García · Perro Records · 1998 70.470

10936 In Darkness Let Me Dwell Die Verbannten Kinder Evas · Draenor Productions · 1999 70.470

10937

In Session Albert King · Stax · 1999 70.470

10938

Duplex Apparat · Shitkatapult · 2003 70.470

10939 Full English Breakfest Shitmat · Planet Mu · 2004 70.470

10940 Cleaning Sounds Is a Filthy Business John Tejada · Palette Recordings · 2006 70.470

10941

Distant Relatives Nas · Def Jam Recordings · 2010 70.470

10942 A Rare Live Recording of Billie Holiday Billie Holiday · 1964 70.400

10943 Lee Michaels Lee Michaels · A&M Records · 1969 70.400

10944 No Smoke Without Fire Wishbone Ash · MCA Records · 1978 70.400