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 683

16369

Band of Brothers Willie Nelson · 2014 52.700

16370 Der Rattenfänger Hannes Wader · Philips · 1974 52.650

16371 Caught You Steel Pulse · Island · 1980 52.650

16372 Gotham City Dexter Gordon · Columbia · 1981 52.650

16373 This Is This Weather Report · CBS · 1986 52.650

16374 39/Smooth Green Day · Lookout! Records · 1990 52.650

16375 Marco Polo Nicola Alesini · Materiali Sonori · 1995 52.650

16376 Hourglass James Taylor · Columbia · 1997 52.650

16377

Americana The Offspring · Columbia · 1998 52.650

16378 The Other Side of the Looking Glass Alias · anticon. · 2002 52.650

16379 Dieci stratagemmi Franco Battiato · Columbia · 2004 52.650

16380 Bows + Arrows The Walkmen · Record Collection · 2004 52.650

16381 The Party Ain’t Over Yet Status Quo · Sanctuary Records · 2005 52.650

16382

Grand Prix Vive la Fête · Surprise Records · 2005 52.650

16383 The Adversary Ihsahn · Candlelight Records · 2006 52.650

16384 7 Sinners Helloween · Dragnet · 2010 52.650

16385

WTF?! KMFDM · Metropolis Records · 2011 52.650

16386

Algiers Calexico · City Slang · 2012 52.650

16387 The Same Song Israel Vibration · Top Ranking · 1978 52.640

16388 Four Out of Five Aliens Recommend This Hardfloor · No Respect Records · 2005 52.640

16389 Lamaze Geneva Jacuzzi · Vinyl International · 2010 52.640

16390 Hearsay I-Land Roland Young · 2013 52.640

16391 Światła miasta Grammatik · 2000 52.580

16392 Once Upon a Dream The Rascals · Atlantic · 1968 52.560