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 716

17161 Haustor Haustor · Jugoton · 1981 50.760

17162 Bail Was Set at $6,000,000 Batmobile · Nervous Records · 1988 50.760

17163 Sussex Drive Capital Sound · Snake's Music · 1994 50.760

17164 Marc Ribot y Los cubanos postizos (The Prosthetic Cubans) Marc Ribot y Los cubanos postizos · Atlantic · 1998 50.760

17165 Sigh of Ages Steve Roach · Projekt · 2010 50.760

17166 Up With Donald Byrd Donald Byrd · Verve · 1964 50.740

17167 Feelin’ Good David Ruffin · Motown · 1969 50.740

17168 The World of Harry Partch Harry Partch · Columbia · 1969 50.740

17169

Leon Russell Leon Russell · Hi-Res Music · 1970 50.740

17170

Electric Silence Dzyan · Bacillus Records · 1974 50.740

17171 The Best of Spinners The Spinners · Atlantic · 1978 50.740

17172 Die Nacht der Seele: Tantric Songs Popol Vuh · Metronome · 1979 50.740

17173 Insect and Individual Silenced Nurse With Wound · United Dairies · 1981 50.740

17174 I Staggered Mentally Portion Control · 1982 50.740

17175 Stay The Controllers · MCA Records · 1986 50.740

17176 The Time Before Time Imperator · Nameless · 1991 50.740

17177

The Mask and Mirror Loreena McKennitt · Quinlan Road · 1994 50.740

17178 For Your Own Special Sweetheart Jawbox · Atlantic · 1994 50.740

17179 Gore Motel Bohren & der Club of Gore · Epistrophy Records · 1994 50.740

17180

To the Death M.O.P. · Select Records · 1994 50.740

17181 Sidelong Ui · Southern Records · 1995 50.740

17182 The Last Wave Arcana · DIW · 1996 50.740

17183 Afrocalypse Afro Jazz · Island · 1997 50.740

17184

Kampen Arckanum · Necropolis Records · 1998 50.740