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 507

12145 Road Island Ambrosia · Warner Bros. Records · 1982 65.520

12146 2:00 AM Paradise Café Barry Manilow · Arista · 1984 65.520

12147 Stiletto Lita Ford · RCA · 1990 65.520

12148

Youth & Young Manhood Kings of Leon · RCA · 2003 65.520

12149 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band The Paul Butterfield Blues Band · Elektra · 1965 65.520

12150 Swaddling Songs Mellow Candle · Deram · 1972 65.520

12151 La luna Angelo Branduardi · RCA Italiana · 1975 65.520

12152 Pedaços Simone · EMI · 1979 65.520

12153 The Best of... Plus John Lee Hooker · 1989 65.520

12154 Parole d’amore scritte a macchina Paolo Conte · CGD · 1990 65.520

12155 Everything’s Alright Forever The Boo Radleys · Creation Records · 1992 65.520

12156

Melodies From Mars Aphex Twin · 1995 65.520

12157 Art is a Division of Pain PSI Performer · Kanzleramt · 2001 65.520

12158 Hard Rock Bottom No Use for a Name · Fat Wreck Chords · 2002 65.520

12159

Springtime Depression Forgotten Tomb · Adipocere Records · 2003 65.520

12160

Futures Jimmy Eat World · Interscope Records · 2004 65.520

12161

Epicloud Devin Townsend Project · Inside Out Music · 2012 65.520

12162 Bonnie and Clyde Brigitte Bardot · Fontana · 1968 65.520

12163 Transcendence Alice Coltrane · Warner Bros. Records · 1977 65.520

12164 Locura Virus · Discos CBS · 1985 65.520

12165 In Sickness & In Health Demented Are Go! · I.D. Records · 1986 65.520

12166 The Shivering Man Bruce Gilbert · Mute · 1986 65.520

12167 A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window Cardiacs · Torso · 1988 65.520

12168 Im Auftrag ewiger Jugend und Glückseligkeit Kinderzimmer Productions · Kinderzimmer Recordings · 1996 65.520