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 707

16945

Brigitte Fontaine est... ? Brigitte Fontaine · Saravah · 1968 51.300

16946 The In Between Booker Ervin · Blue Note · 1968 51.300

16947

Sugar Stanley Turrentine · CTI · 1971 51.300

16948 The Bluegrass Album The Bluegrass Album Band · Rounder · 1981 51.300

16949 Code Numbers MCL · Westside Music · 1987 51.300

16950 Eclipse G.G.F.H. · Rough Trade · 1991 51.300

16951 The Outside Within Chico Freeman · India Navigation · 1992 51.300

16952 From Here You’ll Watch the World Go By The Legendary Pink Dots · Soleilmoon Recordings · 1995 51.300

16953 …The Dandy Warhols Come Down The Dandy Warhols · Capitol Records · 1997 51.300

16954

Swerve Fresh Moods · Elektrolux · 2000 51.300

16955 Aktivist S.K.E.T. · Hands Productions · 2005 51.300

16956 Pushing Back Enduser · Ad Noiseam · 2006 51.300

16957 La leyenda del espacio Los Planetas · RCA · 2007 51.300

16958 Songbook DJ Shah · Armada Music · 2008 51.300

16959 Ciencia de los inútiles El Trío de Omar Rodriguez‐Lopez · Rodriguez-Lopez Productions · 2010 51.300

16960 The Tritonus Bell Hooded Menace · Season of Mist · 2021 51.300

16961 Armaggedon Armaggedon · Kuckuck · 1970 51.300

16962

Christ and the Pale Queens Mighty in Sorrow Current 93 · Maldoror · 1988 51.300

16963 Belladonna Daniel Lanois · Anti‐ · 2005 51.300

16964 Flash The Moving Sidewalks · Tantara · 1968 51.240

16965 In the Beginning Genesis · Mercury Records · 1968 51.240

16966 Appaloosa Appaloosa · Columbia · 1969 51.240

16967 Collector’s Series: Early L.A. Sessions Gene Clark · CBS · 1972 51.240

16968 Pazza idea Patty Pravo · RCA Italiana · 1973 51.240