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 473

11329

Oceanborn Nightwish · Spinefarm Records · 1998 68.800

11330 Tell All Your Friends Taking Back Sunday · Victory Records · 2002 68.800

11331 Special Herbs, Volume 7 & 8 Metal Fingers · Shaman Work · 2004 68.800

11332 Never Take Friendship Personal Anberlin · Tooth & Nail Records · 2005 68.800

11333 Ruhe vor dem Sturm Georg Danzer · Atom · 1981 68.730

11334 The Circle and the Square Red Box · WEA Records · 1986 68.730

11335 Tom Cochrane & Red Rider Tom Cochrane & Red Rider · Capitol Records · 1986 68.730

11336 Everything... Plus Climie Fisher · EMI · 1988 68.730

11337 Fuck You Die Goldenen Zitronen · 1990 68.730

11338 Charmed Life Billy Idol · Chrysalis · 1990 68.730

11339

Blacken the Angel Agathodaimon · Nuclear Blast · 1998 68.730

11340 The Stargate Mortiis · Earache Records · 1999 68.730

11341 Electric Avenue Thomas Schumacher · Spiel-Zeug Schallplatten · 2000 68.730

11342 Voivod Voivod · Chophouse Records · 2003 68.730

11343

Satch Plays Fats: A Tribute to the Immortal Fats Waller Louis Armstrong · Columbia · 1955 68.730

11344 Blue Bash! Kenny Burrell · Verve · 1963 68.730

11345

Backlash Freddie Hubbard · Atlantic · 1967 68.730

11346 Dolce acqua Delirium · Fonit Cetra · 1971 68.730

11347 Afrodisiac The Main Ingredient · RCA Victor · 1973 68.730

11348

Tantalizingly Hot Stephanie Mills · Casablanca Records · 1982 68.730

11349

Live in Japan George Harrison · Warner Bros. Records · 1992 68.730

11350 Ekstasis Nicky Skopelitis · 1993 68.730

11351 Concentration Machines of Loving Grace · 1993 68.730

11352

Orange The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion · Matador · 1994 68.730