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 513

12289 Illusion Suite Stanley Cowell Trio · ECM Records · 1973 64.970

12290 Very Extremely Dangerous Eddie Hinton · Capricorn Records · 1978 64.970

12291 Coup de tête Kip Hanrahan · american clavé · 1981 64.970

12292 My Little Yoni Yoni · Source Records · 1994 64.970

12293 Der Sinn des Lebens Welle: Erdball · 1998 64.970

12294 The Sound of Rancid Juices Sloshing Around Your Coffin Last Days of Humanity · Bones Brigade · 1998 64.970

12295 Herbstwerk Sophia · Cold Meat Industry · 2001 64.970

12296 Pushing Air Deru · Neo Ouija · 2003 64.970

12297 The Golden Morning Breaks Colleen · Leaf · 2005 64.970

12298

Hello Everything Squarepusher · Warp · 2006 64.970

12299 Visqueen Unsane · Ipecac Recordings · 2007 64.970

12300 Instead Onetwo · 2007 64.970

12301

The Black Flux Virus · Season of Mist · 2008 64.970

12302 Hometowns The Rural Alberta Advantage · Paper Bag Records · 2008 64.970

12303 Rebirth of Cool DJ Cam Quartet · Inflamable · 2008 64.860

12304 In Harmony Weldon Irvine · Strata-East · 1974 64.804

12305 Mo Mo · Backdoor · 1980 64.800

12306

Free All Angels Ash · Infectious Records · 2001 64.800

12307 Volume 1 The Yellow Payges · UNI Records · 1969 64.800

12308 God's Lonely Men The Lurkers · Beggars Banquet · 1979 64.800

12309 Sheer Greed Girl · Receiver Records · 1980 64.800

12310 Special Things The Pointer Sisters · Planet · 1980 64.800

12311 Cover Tom Verlaine · Virgin · 1984 64.800

12312 Pandemonium The Time · Paisley Park · 1990 64.800