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 649

15553 Long Road Out of Eden Eagles · Eagles Recording Company · 2007 54.760

15554 Down Home Seals & Crofts · Warner Bros. Records · 1970 54.750

15555 Nordman Nordman · Sonet · 1994 54.750

15556

Security Screenings Prefuse 73 · Warp · 2006 54.750

15557

Drastic Fantastic KT Tunstall · Relentless Records · 2007 54.750

15558 Rufus Rufus · ABC Records · 1973 54.750

15559 Heavy The Stylistics · 1974 54.750

15560 Full Circle Saga · Steamhammer · 1999 54.750

15561 Attention GusGus · Underwater Records · 2002 54.750

15562 Stone Love Angie Stone · 2004 54.750

15563 See See the Sun Kayak · Harvest · 1973 54.720

15564

Walk Into Light Ian Anderson · Chrysalis · 1983 54.720

15565 America Kurtis Blow · Mercury Records · 1985 54.720

15566

The Datsuns The Datsuns · In-Fidelity Recordings · 2002 54.720

15567 The Illinois Speed Press Illinois Speed Press · Columbia · 1969 54.720

15568 Runt Todd Rundgren · Bearsville Records · 1970 54.720

15569 Life for the Taking Eddie Money · Columbia · 1978 54.720

15570 Inarticulate Speech of the Heart Van Morrison · Mercury Records · 1983 54.720

15571 Supernova Duncan Dhu · Grabaciones Accidentales · 1991 54.720

15572 Dead Air for Radios Chroma Key · Massacre Records · 1998 54.720

15573 Circus Argent · Epic · 1975 54.670

15574 Battle of the Field The Albion Country Band · Island · 1976 54.670

15575 Lift Lift · AMIGA · 1977 54.670

15576 The Source Grandmaster Flash · Elektra · 1986 54.670