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 64

1513 Dead Man’s Party Oingo Boingo · MCA Records · 1985 212.960

1514

Too Low for Zero Elton John · The Rocket Record Company · 1983 212.800

1515 Streetcleaner Godflesh · Earache Records · 1989 212.710

1516 Secrets of the Beehive David Sylvian · Virgin · 1987 212.520

1517 This Bliss Pantha du Prince · Dial · 2007 212.520

1518

Too Old to Rock ’n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! Jethro Tull · Chrysalis · 1976 212.510

1519

The Songs of Distant Earth Mike Oldfield · wea · 1994 212.500

1520

Greatest Hits Simply Red · EastWest · 1996 212.480

1521 Oddział Zamknięty Oddział Zamknięty · Polskie Nagrania “Muza” · 1984 212.420

1522

Waveform Transmission, Volume 2 The Vision · Tresor · 1993 212.420

1523 Black Sea Fennesz · Touch · 2008 212.280

1524 Earthbound King Crimson · Island · 1972 212.040

1525 Marathon Santana · CBS · 1979 212.040

1526

En concert / Houston‐Lyon Jean Michel Jarre · Disques Dreyfus · 1987 211.750

1527

Golden Heart Mark Knopfler · Vertigo · 1996 211.720

1528 Incubus, Volume 1 Incubus · 80 Aum Records · 1991 211.680

1529 Blue Murder Blue Murder · Geffen Records · 1989 211.650

1530 Jazz: Red Hot and Cool The Dave Brubeck Quartet · Columbia · 1955 211.560

1531 The Swing INXS · ATCO Records · 1984 211.560

1532

Bizarro The Wedding Present · RCA · 1989 211.560

1533 At Your Birthday Party Steppenwolf · ABC Records · 1969 211.500

1534

Official Version Front 242 · Wax Trax! Records · 1987 211.410

1535

Flashpoint The Rolling Stones · Rolling Stones Records · 1991 211.380

1536 Cheech & Chong Cheech & Chong · Ode Records · 1971 211.280