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 630

15097 Just a Story From America Elliott Murphy · CBS · 1977 56.090

15098 Tailor Made Bobbi Humphrey · Epic · 1977 56.090

15099

Rock Drill The Sensational Alex Harvey Band · Mountain · 1978 56.090

15100 Field Day Marshall Crenshaw · Warner Bros. Records · 1983 56.090

15101 Endeavour to Persevere The Barracudas · Closer Records · 1984 56.090

15102 Stutter James · Sire Records · 1986 56.090

15103

Gling‐Gló Björk Guðmundsdóttir · One Little Indian Records · 1990 56.090

15104 Spanking Machine Babes in Toyland · Twin/Tone Records · 1990 56.090

15105 Hard at Play Huey Lewis and the News · EMI Records USA · 1991 56.090

15106 What Silence Knows Shara Nelson · Chrysalis · 1993 56.090

15107 Theme The Last Disco Superstars · Grow! · 1996 56.090

15108 The Dropper Medeski Martin and Wood · Blue Note · 2000 56.090

15109

Mainframe Mampi Swift · Charge Recordings · 2001 56.090

15110 The Ultimate Death Worship Limbonic Art · Nocturnal Art Productions · 2002 56.090

15111

Touching the Void Somatic Responses · Hymen Records · 2002 56.090

15112 You Are Here UFO · Steamhammer · 2004 56.090

15113 Trancendance Cosmosis · 2005 56.090

15114

Drums Between the Bells Brian Eno · Warp · 2011 56.090

15115 The Damnation of Adam Blessing The Damnation of Adam Blessing · United Artists · 1969 56.070

15116 Tre Archimedes Badkar · 1977 56.070

15117

Get That Beat Sharp Ties · Harvest · 1981 56.070

15118 Get On Up and Do It Again Suzy Q · Atlantic · 1981 56.070

15119 Codona 3 Codona · ECM Records · 1983 56.070

15120 German Afternoons John Prine · 1986 56.070