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 610

14617

Further Explorations The Horace Silver Quintet · Blue Note · 1958 57.420

14618 Silver's Serenade The Horace Silver Quintet · Blue Note · 1963 57.420

14619 Electric Church Buddy Miles Express · Mercury Records · 1969 57.420

14620 Population II Randy Holden · Hobbit Records · 1970 57.420

14621 Green Eyed God Steel Mill · Penny Farthing · 1972 57.420

14622 By the Way Frumpy · Vertigo · 1972 57.420

14623 American Gypsy American Gypsy · Chess · 1975 57.420

14624 Niteflyte Niteflyte · Ariola · 1979 57.420

14625 Coming to You Live Charles Earland · CBS · 1980 57.420

14626 Police in Helicopter John Holt · Greensleeves Records · 1983 57.420

14627 Unhindered by Talent Sore Throat · Meantime Records · 1988 57.420

14628 Dustbowl Head of David · Blast First · 1988 57.420

14629 The Third Chamber Loop Guru · North South Records · 1994 57.420

14630

Ultima Thulée Blut aus Nord · Candlelight Records · 1995 57.420

14631 Electric Dimension Kraftwelt · Hypnotic Records · 1996 57.420

14632

New Obscurantis Order Anorexia Nervosa · Osmose Productions · 2001 57.420

14633 Like Morning in Your Eyes Misc. · Sender Records · 2005 57.420

14634 Circadians Protoculture · Nano Records · 2006 57.420

14635

Spanish Breakfast Rone · InFiné · 2009 57.420

14636 Andromeda Girl Earth and Fire · Vertigo · 1981 57.400

14637 Moog Power Hugo Montenegro · RCA Victor · 1969 57.400

14638 Get in the Wind Joe Thomas · Groove Merchant · 1978 57.400

14639 The Photos The Photos · Epic · 1980 57.400

14640 The Early Tapes: July/Aug 1980 Level 42 · Polydor · 1982 57.400