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 545

13057 Us and Them Shinedown · Atlantic · 2005 62.320

13058

Barton Hollow The Civil Wars · Dine Alone Records · 2011 62.320

13059 Demon’s Dance Jackie McLean · Blue Note · 1970 62.310

13060 Sting Like a Bee Bumblebee Unlimited · RCA Victor · 1979 62.310

13061 Zbog Tebe Bih Tucao Kamen Oliver Mandić · Jugoton · 1982 62.310

13062 Battle Cry Omen · Metal Blade Records · 1984 62.310

13063

Forbidden Evil Forbidden · Combat · 1988 62.310

13064 A Constipated Monkey Kurious · Columbia · 1993 62.310

13065 Back to Roots The Gladiators · 2000 62.310

13066 Among Others Proem · n5MD · 2001 62.310

13067 Offene Schleifen Sensual Physics · Source Records · 2002 62.310

13068

Bonkers 9: Hardcore Mutation Hixxy · React · 2002 62.310

13069 Ottoman Black Jason Crumer · Hospital Productions · 2008 62.310

13070 Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel Mariah Carey · Mercury Records · 2009 62.310

13071 Deep Ground Purl · Silent Season · 2011 62.310

13072

Heads Up! The Baja Marimba Band · A&M Records · 1967 62.300

13073

EU Acid Junkies · Djax-Up-Beats · 1998 62.300

13074 Psychedelic Psoul The Freak Scene · Columbia · 1967 62.300

13075 Enchantment Enchantment · United Artists · 1976 62.300

13076 A Can of Bees The Soft Boys · Two Crabs Universal · 1979 62.300

13077 Andromeda Miha Kralj · PGP-RTB · 1980 62.300

13078

Court in the Act Satan · Neat Records · 1983 62.300

13079 Nafas Rabih Abou‐Khalil · ECM Records · 1988 62.300

13080 Rhythm and Irrelevance #9 Dream · Recycle or Die · 1994 62.300