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 537

12865 Hello! Status Quo · Vertigo · 1973 63.000

12866 The Ear of the Behearer Dewey Redman · impulse! · 1973 63.000

12867 Caution Radiation Area Area · Cramps Records · 1974 63.000

12868 Supernatural Ben E. King · Atlantic · 1975 63.000

12869 Halloween Pulsar · CBS · 1977 63.000

12870 In the Night Cheryl Lynn · Columbia · 1981 63.000

12871 Cloven Hoof Cloven Hoof · Neat Records · 1984 63.000

12872 Helter Stupid Negativland · SST Records · 1989 63.000

12873 Lovely Days Bill Withers · CBS · 1989 63.000

12874 99% Meat Beat Manifesto · Mute · 1990 63.000

12875

En attendant Cousteau / Waiting for Cousteau Jean Michel Jarre · Disques Dreyfus · 1990 63.000

12876 The Geometry of Night S.E.T.I. · Incoming! · 1996 63.000

12877

Selkäsaari Tracks Jori Hulkkonen · F Communications · 1996 63.000

12878

Ballads From the Revolution Good Riddance · Fat Wreck Chords · 1998 63.000

12879 Euro IV Ever E-Type · Stockholm Records · 2001 63.000

12880 XIII Mushroomhead · Universal Records · 2003 63.000

12881 The Art of Love Sandra · Virgin · 2007 63.000

12882 Tangled Up Girls Aloud · Fascination · 2007 63.000

12883 El Chico Chico Hamilton · impulse! · 1966 63.000

12884 Another Music in a Different Kitchen Buzzcocks · United Artists · 1978 63.000

12885 Jardin au fou Roedelius · EGG · 1979 63.000

12886

…And Justice for All Metallica · Vertigo · 1988 63.000

12887 Sounds in the Attic Little Nemo · Lively Art · 1989 63.000

12888 Devious Methods Hive · FFRR · 1998 63.000