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 67

1585

[symbols] KMFDM · Dragnet · 1997 208.120

1586 Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance Belle and Sebastian · Matador · 2015 208.000

1587

The Greatest Cat Power · Matador · 2006 207.680

1588

Runaway Horses Belinda Carlisle · Virgin · 1989 207.480

1589 Mule Variations Tom Waits · Anti‐ · 1999 207.480

1590 Bop Till You Drop Ry Cooder · Warner Bros. Records · 1979 207.460

1591 Death Walks Behind You Atomic Rooster · B & C Records · 1970 207.400

1592 On the Nile The Egyptian Lover · 1984 207.370

1593 Marshall Tucker Band The Marshall Tucker Band · Capricorn Records · 1973 207.360

1594

Odds & Sods The Who · Track Record · 1974 207.360

1595 Love Is All Around Eric Burdon & War · ABC Records · 1976 207.360

1596 Taken by Force Scorpions · RCA Victor · 1977 207.360

1597 Natural High Commodores · Motown · 1978 207.320

1598 Night and Daydream Ananta · 1978 207.240

1599 DJ-Kicks: Nightmares on Wax Nightmares on Wax · !K7 · 2000 207.200

1600 All Four One The Motels · Capitol Records · 1982 207.130

1601 Profana Gal Costa · RCA Victor · 1984 207.060

1602 Samhain III: November-Coming-Fire Samhain · Plan 9 · 1986 207.000

1603

First Album Miss Kittin & the Hacker · International Deejay Gigolo Records · 2001 206.640

1604

Life² Asura · Ultimae Records · 2007 206.570

1605

Andorra Caribou · City Slang · 2007 206.550

1606

Advance LFO · Warp · 1996 206.480

1607 Jinx Crumb · 2019 206.480

1608 Timewind Klaus Schulze · 1975 206.400