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 56

1321

Happy Songs for Happy People Mogwai · Matador · 2003 229.600

1322 Hat Trick America · Warner Bros. Records · 1973 229.500

1323 Unstoppable Force Agent Steel · Victor · 1987 229.500

1324 Alien Protein Etnica · Blue Room Released · 1996 229.500

1325 Midt om natten Kim Larsen · Medley Records · 1983 229.320

1326

Steel Wheels The Rolling Stones · Rolling Stones Records · 1989 229.320

1327 Infest Papa Roach · DreamWorks Records · 2000 229.320

1328 Orblivion Orb · Island · 1997 229.230

1329 Metaphor Kenny Larkin · R&S Records · 1995 228.950

1330 Time Tourist B12 · Warp · 1996 228.800

1331 Scientist Meets the Space Invaders Scientist · Greensleeves Records · 1981 228.780

1332 Miles in the Sky Miles Davis · CBS/Sony · 1968 228.730

1333 Groove-A-Thon Isaac Hayes · ABC Records · 1976 228.660

1334 Skylon Ott · Twisted Records · 2008 228.600

1335 Arc of a Diver Steve Winwood · Island · 1980 228.540

1336

Brothers Gonna Work It Out The Chemical Brothers · Freestyle Dust · 1998 228.420

1337

Soup Bola · Skam · 1998 228.420

1338 The Roaring Silence Manfred Mann’s Earth Band · Bronze · 1976 228.000

1339

Starfish The Church · Arista · 1988 227.920

1340

Power and the Passion Eloy · Harvest · 1975 227.900

1341 Sands of Time The S.O.S. Band · Tabu Records · 1986 227.900

1342

Nightfall in Middle‐Earth Blind Guardian · Virgin · 1998 227.900

1343

Computer Games George Clinton · Capitol Records · 1982 227.800

1344

The Great Escape Blur · Food · 1995 227.800