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 69

1633 Icon Paradise Lost · Music for Nations · 1993 204.450

1634

I Got Next KRS‐One · Jive · 1997 204.450

1635

A Night on the Town Rod Stewart · Warner Bros. Records · 1976 204.440

1636 Pino Daniele Pino Daniele · EMI · 1979 204.300

1637

Good Trouble REO Speedwagon · Epic · 1982 204.240

1638 Fever Tree Fever Tree · MCA Records · 1968 204.180

1639

Wild! Erasure · Mute · 1989 204.180

1640 Broken English Marianne Faithfull · Island · 1979 204.180

1641

Transmissions Juno Reactor · novamute · 1993 204.160

1642 The Revölution by Night Blue Öyster Cult · Columbia · 1983 204.000

1643

Rosenrot Rammstein · Universal Music · 2005 204.000

1644

Caricatures Donald Byrd · Blue Note · 1976 204.000

1645 Gateways to Annihilation Morbid Angel · Earache Records · 2000 204.000

1646 The Rotters’ Club Hatfield and the North · Virgin · 1975 203.840

1647

Lōc‐ed After Dark Tone‐Lōc · Delicious Vinyl · 1989 203.820

1648

Door to Door The Cars · Elektra · 1987 203.680

1649 Fehler im System Peter Schilling · wea · 1982 203.580

1650 Little Robbers The Motels · Capitol Records · 1983 203.580

1651

Blue Album Orbital · ATO Records · 2004 203.580

1652 Minas Morgul Summoning · Napalm Records · 1995 203.400

1653

Hypnotised The Undertones · Sire Records · 1980 203.360

1654 …Twice Shy Great White · Capitol Records · 1989 203.350

1655 Original Soundtracks 1 Passengers · Island · 1995 203.280

1656 Claro Brothomstates · Warp · 2001 203.280