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 480

11497 Get Down Gene Chandler · 20th Century-Fox Records · 1978 68.000

11498 The Best Is Yet to Come Grover Washington, Jr. · Elektra · 1982 68.000

11499 Mix Yourself! à;GRUMH... · Scarface · 1985 68.000

11500 Tough It Out FM · Epic · 1989 68.000

11501

B-Sides and Abandoned Tracks New Model Army · EMI · 1994 68.000

11502 Cornerstone Bandulu · Blanco y Negro Records · 1996 68.000

11503 Call to Arms Sick of It All · Fat Wreck Chords · 1999 68.000

11504 Buena Vista Social Club presents Omara Portuondo Omara Portuondo · World Circuit · 2000 68.000

11505 The Smell of Rain Mortiis · Earache Records · 2001 68.000

11506 Seek Beanfield · Compost Records · 2004 68.000

11507 Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful? Paloma Faith · Epic · 2009 68.000

11508 Go Wild Culture Shock · Bluurg Records · 1986 68.000

11509 Musik mit Hertz Das Modul · URBAN · 1995 68.000

11510

The Umbersun Elend · Music for Nations · 1998 68.000

11511 Diabolical Naglfar · WAR Music · 1998 68.000

11512 Cruise Whitehouse · Susan Lawly · 2001 68.000

11513 Satanic Panic in the Attic of Montreal · Polyvinyl · 2004 68.000

11514

Antichrist Akercocke · Earache Records · 2007 68.000

11515 Stealth Scorn · Jarring Effects · 2007 68.000

11516

Rebirth Ace Ventura · Iboga Records · 2007 68.000

11517 Give the People What They Want The Kinks · Arista · 1981 67.940

11518 Snake Bite Love Motörhead · Victor · 1998 67.940

11519 As the Eternal Cowboy Against Me! · Fat Wreck Chords · 2003 67.940

11520 The Last Romance Arab Strap · Chemikal Underground · 2005 67.940