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 48

1129 Clandestine Entombed · Earache Records · 1991 249.300

1130 Warehouse: Songs and Stories Hüsker Dü · Warner Bros. Records · 1987 249.280

1131 Polygon_Cities Monolake · Imbalance Computer Music · 2005 249.200

1132

Very Pet Shop Boys · Parlophone · 1993 249.000

1133

Filth Pig Ministry · Warner Bros. Records · 1996 248.820

1134

Concerto for Group and Orchestra Deep Purple · Tetragrammaton Records · 1969 248.710

1135

Empire Burlesque Bob Dylan · Columbia · 1985 248.640

1136 Sad Wings of Destiny Judas Priest · Gull · 1976 248.540

1137

Seasons End Marillion · EMI · 1989 248.460

1138 Conspiracy King Diamond · Roadrunner Records · 1989 248.310

1139

Moment of Truth Gang Starr · No̅o̅ Trybe · 1998 248.310

1140 The Warning Queensrÿche · 1983 248.200

1141 Mint Jams Casiopea · Alfa · 1982 248.160

1142

Lovely The Primitives · RCA · 1988 248.060

1143

Nobody’s Perfect Deep Purple · Polydor · 1988 248.000

1144

Records Foreigner · Atlantic · 1982 247.680

1145

Slanted and Enchanted Pavement · Matador · 1992 247.420

1146 Colours Adam F · Maddog · 1997 247.380

1147 Out of the Cellar Ratt · Atlantic · 1984 247.350

1148 The Power and the Glory Gentle Giant · Vertigo · 1974 247.280

1149 Greatest Hits Dan Fogelberg · Epic · 1982 247.200

1150

Labor Days Aesop Rock · Definitive Jux · 2001 247.080

1151 No Parlez Paul Young · CBS · 1983 247.000

1152 Persistence of Time Anthrax · Island · 1990 246.960