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 462

11065 Barnstorm Joe Walsh · MCA Records · 1972 69.720

11066 Music of Another Present Era Oregon · Vanguard · 1972 69.720

11067

Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table of a Sewing Machine and an Umbrella Nurse With Wound · United Dairies · 1979 69.720

11068 Žeravé znamenie osudu Tublatanka · Opus · 1988 69.720

11069

S&M Airlines NOFX · Epitaph · 1989 69.720

11070 Between Thought and Expression: The Lou Reed Anthology Lou Reed · RCA · 1992 69.720

11071

National Hijinx Journeyman · Ntone · 1997 69.720

11072 Thelema.6 Behemoth · Moon Records · 2000 69.720

11073 Foreshadowing Our Demise Skinless · Relapse Records · 2001 69.720

11074

It’s a Wonderful Life Sparklehorse · Capitol Records · 2001 69.720

11075 Right of Way Ferry Corsten · Tsunami · 2003 69.720

11076 The Life and Times of Phoebus Brumal Fila Brazillia · Twentythree · 2004 69.720

11077

E-Scapism E-Noid · DNA Tracks · 2006 69.720

11078 Solar Soul Samael · Nuclear Blast · 2007 69.720

11079 Sound of a Drum Ralph MacDonald · Marlin · 1976 69.700

11080

L7 L7 · Epitaph · 1988 69.700

11081 Rift Phish · Elektra · 1993 69.700

11082 Antimatters Bandulu · Infonet · 1994 69.700

11083 Nihil Impaled Nazarene · Osmose Productions · 2000 69.700

11084 Disolución Dulce Liquido · Out of Line · 2000 69.700

11085 House of Yes: Live From House of Blues Yes · Eagle Records · 2000 69.700

11086 Sound‐Dust Stereolab · Elektra · 2001 69.700

11087 Lowflow Thomas Fehlmann · Plug Research · 2004 69.700

11088 Smash Jackson and His Computer Band · Sound of Barclay · 2004 69.700