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 542

12985 PeteStrumentals Pete Rock · BBE · 2001 62.480

12986 Damage Case Lemmy · Castle Music · 2006 62.480

12987 UGK (Underground Kingz) UGK · Jive · 2007 62.480

12988

Heimgang Kampfar · Napalm Records · 2008 62.480

12989

Far Regina Spektor · Sire Records · 2009 62.480

12990 Elysium Stratovarius · earMUSIC · 2011 62.480

12991 Big Trash Thompson Twins · Warner Bros. Records · 1989 62.410

12992

Slipotika DJ Slip · Missile Records · 1997 62.410

12993 Believe Crematory · Nuclear Blast · 2000 62.410

12994

Down the Road Van Morrison · Polydor · 2002 62.410

12995

Shine Joni Mitchell · Hear Music · 2007 62.410

12996 Sun of Jamaica Goombay Dance Band · CBS · 1980 62.400

12997 1984 Rick Wakeman · Charisma · 1981 62.400

12998 Anos Dourados Maria Bethânia · 1989 62.400

12999 Doro Doro · Vertigo · 1990 62.400

13000 Barbarossa Cubanate · Dynamica · 1996 62.400

13001 Amerika BAP · EMI Electrola GmbH · 1996 62.400

13002

Some Other Country Swayzak · !K7 · 2007 62.400

13003

Everything That Happens Will Happen Today David Byrne · 2008 62.400

13004 Several Shades of Why J Mascis · Sub Pop Records · 2011 62.400

13005 Jazz, dwa, trzy O.S.T.R. · Asfalt Records · 2011 62.400

13006 Out of the Mist Illusion · Island · 1977 62.400

13007 Unstable Slide · Transient Records · 1998 62.400

13008

Rewind Ticon · Digital Structures · 2001 62.400