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 6

121

Signing Off UB40 · Graduate Records · 1980 639.100

122

Confield Autechre · Warp · 2001 637.960

123

Walls of Jericho Helloween · Noise International · 1985 636.840

124

No More Heroes The Stranglers · United Artists · 1977 635.800

125

CSN Crosby, Stills & Nash · Atlantic · 1977 635.700

126

Van Halen Van Halen · Warner Bros. Records · 1978 635.460

127

The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein Parliament · Casablanca Records · 1976 635.100

128 Stella Yello · Vertigo · 1985 632.490

129

The English Riviera Metronomy · Because Music · 2011 628.340

130

Quadrophenia The Who · Track Record · 1973 625.500

131

Uprising Bob Marley & The Wailers · Island · 1980 625.220

132

Goats Head Soup The Rolling Stones · Rolling Stones Records · 1973 622.380

133 Street Survivors Lynyrd Skynyrd · MCA Records · 1977 621.780

134

Thrust Herbie Hancock · CBS · 1974 618.300

135 The Age of the Understatement The Last Shadow Puppets · Domino · 2008 613.210

136 Breezin’ George Benson · Warner Bros. Records · 1976 609.840

137 Vulture Culture The Alan Parsons Project · Arista · 1985 609.000

138 Phosphene Dream The Black Angels · Blue Horizon · 2010 608.080

139 The World Is a Ghetto War · United Artists · 1972 602.860

140

Are You Shpongled? Shpongle · Twisted Records · 1998 600.660

141 World of Today Supermax · Atlantic · 1977 599.760

142 Suicidal Tendencies Suicidal Tendencies · Frontier Records · 1983 598.970

143 Cock Robin Cock Robin · Columbia · 1985 594.320

144

MM..FOOD MF DOOM · Rhymesayers Entertainment · 2004 591.500