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 62

1465 Oh, Inverted World The Shins · Sub Pop Records · 2001 217.300

1466 Luxury Liner Emmylou Harris · Warner Bros. Records · 1977 217.250

1467 Cinema Transcendental Caetano Veloso · Philips · 1979 216.900

1468 Wild Tales Graham Nash · Atlantic · 1973 216.800

1469 Colours Eloy · Harvest · 1980 216.630

1470 Music for Pleasure The Damned · Stiff Records · 1977 216.270

1471

Exposed Mike Oldfield · Virgin · 1979 216.270

1472

Deluxe Soundsystem Dynamite Deluxe · EMI Electrola GmbH · 2000 216.200

1473 Katzenmusik Michael Rother · Sky Records · 1979 216.060

1474

Hard Nose the Highway Van Morrison · Warner Bros. Records · 1973 216.000

1475 Badlands Badlands · Atlantic · 1989 216.000

1476

No Parking on the Dance Floor Midnight Star · Solar · 1983 215.900

1477

People Are People Depeche Mode · Sire Records · 1984 215.860

1478 Fallen Burzum · Byelobog Productions · 2011 215.660

1479 Mel Maria Bethânia · Philips · 1979 215.600

1480 Queen of Denmark John Grant · Bella Union · 2010 215.380

1481 Whistling Down the Wire Crosby & Nash · ABC Records · 1976 215.350

1482 999 999 · United Artists · 1978 215.050

1483 Galaxy War · Avenue Records · 1977 215.040

1484

Candy Apple Grey Hüsker Dü · Warner Bros. Records · 1986 215.040

1485

Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives Prefuse 73 · Warp · 2001 215.000

1486 Skin Tight Ohio Players · Mercury Records · 1974 214.970

1487

Down by the Jetty Dr. Feelgood · United Artists · 1975 214.890

1488

Baduizm Erykah Badu · Kedar Entertainment · 1997 214.890