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 58

1369

A Question of Balance The Moody Blues · Threshold Records · 1970 225.940

1370 Word of Mouth The Kinks · Arista · 1984 225.750

1371

Ill Communication Beastie Boys · Capitol Records · 1994 225.680

1372

7 Madness · Stiff Records · 1981 225.600

1373 R. Rheingold · Welt-Rekord · 1982 225.180

1374 How Will the Wolf Survive? Los Lobos · Slash · 1984 225.180

1375

From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah Nirvana · DGC Records · 1996 225.180

1376

Bedrooms and Cities Neil Landstrumm · Tresor · 1997 225.170

1377 Innocence Is No Excuse Saxon · Parlophone · 1985 225.150

1378 Jesus of Cool Nick Lowe · Radar Records · 1978 225.120

1379 The Record Fear · Slash · 1982 225.000

1380 Deceit This Heat · Rough Trade · 1981 224.770

1381 ReComposed Carl Craig · Deutsche Grammophon · 2008 224.770

1382 Inspiration Information Shuggie Otis · Epic · 1974 224.660

1383

Queens of the Stone Age Queens of the Stone Age · Roadrunner Records · 1998 224.480

1384 The Soft Bulletin The Flaming Lips · Warner Bros. Records · 1999 224.460

1385

Simple Things Zero 7 · Ultimate Dilemma · 2001 224.400

1386

The United States of America The United States of America · Columbia · 1968 224.400

1387

Reconstructed: The Best of DJ Shadow DJ Shadow · Island · 2012 224.400

1388

Look at Yourself Uriah Heep · Bronze · 1971 224.280

1389 Bollicine Vasco Rossi · Carosello · 1983 224.280

1390

Way Out West Way Out West · Deconstruction · 1997 224.280

1391

World Downfall Terrorizer · Earache Records · 1989 224.130

1392

All Things in Time Lou Rawls · Philadelphia International Records · 1976 224.000