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 708

16969 Where Will You Go When the Party's Over Archie Bell & the Drells · Philadelphia International Records · 1976 51.240

16970 Nine to the Universe Jimi Hendrix · 1980 51.240

16971

Kill ’Em All Metallica · Megaforce Records · 1983 51.240

16972 Burning Star Helstar · Combat · 1984 51.240

16973

Géographies Hector Zazou · Made to Measure · 1984 51.240

16974 Night Air Blaine L. Reininger · Another Side · 1984 51.240

16975 Urbanus in 't echt Urbanus · Philips · 1986 51.240

16976

Dancepieces Philip Glass · CBS Records Masterworks · 1987 51.240

16977 Law of the Fish The Radiators · Epic · 1987 51.240

16978 Hot Wires Roy Buchanan · Alligator · 1987 51.240

16979

Dawn Current 93 · Maldoror · 1987 51.240

16980 Aliens Ate My Buick Thomas Dolby · EMI Manhattan · 1988 51.240

16981 A Sense of Change Sieges Even · Steamhammer · 1991 51.240

16982 Cyberia Cubanate · Dynamica · 1994 51.240

16983 The Doctor Came at Dawn Smog · Drag City · 1996 51.240

16984 Orbiting Cathedrals Pro>Tech · Dossier · 1997 51.240

16985

Isolation Age · Force Inc. Music Works · 1998 51.240

16986 Bootlegged in Japan Napalm Death · Earache Records · 1998 51.240

16987 The World Of... Watergate · Dance Division · 1999 51.240

16988

Christmas Old Man Gloom · Daymare Recordings · 2004 51.240

16989 Secret Rhythms 2 Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit · Nonplace · 2006 51.240

16990 Reformation Post TLC The Fall · Narnack Records · 2007 51.240

16991 A Scarcity of Miracles Jakszyk · Panegyric · 2011 51.240

16992 An Introduction To … Laibach / Reproduction Prohibited Laibach · Mute · 2012 51.240