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 512

12265 All Systems Gone Presence · ARK 21 · 1999 65.120

12266 Children of the Black Sun NON · Mute · 2002 65.120

12267 Instant Vintage Raphael Saadiq · Universal Records · 2002 65.120

12268 Colours Two Circulation · Circulation · 2003 65.120

12269 The New Light Arcana · Erebus Odora · 2004 65.120

12270 Sleep No More DJ Signify · Lex Records · 2004 65.120

12271

Starscape Gustaf Hildebrand · Cyclic Law · 2004 65.120

12272 Chamberlain Waits The Menzingers · Red Scare · 2010 65.120

12273 Random Axe Random Axe · Duck Down · 2011 65.120

12274

The Belle Stars The Belle Stars · Warner Bros. Records · 1983 65.100

12275 Goodbye Cruel World Elvis Costello & The Attractions · Columbia · 1984 65.100

12276 Ritual Nico Gomez and His Afro Percussion Inc. · Omega · 1971 65.100

12277 Los Angeles / Wild Gift X · Slash · 1988 65.100

12278 New Dark Age Yen Pox · Malignant Records · 2000 65.100

12279 BRP 7 Taktloss · Home Recordings · 2001 65.100

12280 Silent City DownHill · Gravity Plus Records · 2003 65.100

12281 Ventricle Dryft · n5MD · 2010 65.100

12282 David's Album Joan Baez · Vanguard · 1969 64.970

12283 She Used to Wanna Be a Ballerina Buffy Sainte‐Marie · Vanguard · 1971 64.970

12284 Amigo Arlo Guthrie · KOCH · 1976 64.970

12285 Yes We Have No Mañanas, so Get Your Mañanas Today Kevin Ayers · Harvest · 1976 64.970

12286 The Steve Howe Album Steve Howe · Atlantic · 1979 64.970

12287 Thunder on a Clear Day Twentieth Century Zoo · 1968 64.970

12288 Framtiden är ett svävande skepp, förankrat i forntiden Älgarnas trädgård · Silence Records · 1972 64.970