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 73

1729

360 Degrees of Billy Paul Billy Paul · Philadelphia International Records · 1972 198.900

1730 Perverted by Language The Fall · Rough Trade · 1983 198.900

1731

In Your Mind Bryan Ferry · Polydor · 1977 198.750

1732

You Must Believe in Spring Bill Evans · Warner Bros. Records · 1981 198.720

1733 B, S & T; 4 Blood, Sweat & Tears · Columbia · 1971 198.660

1734 Stone Blue Foghat · Bearsville Records · 1978 198.660

1735

Winter in the Belly of a Snake Venetian Snares · Planet Mu · 2002 198.660

1736 Où je vis Shurik’n · Delabel · 1998 198.550

1737 Die Kleinen und die Bösen Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft · Mute · 1980 198.450

1738 Through the Looking Glass Siouxsie and the Banshees · Geffen Records · 1987 198.370

1739 Octoberon Barclay James Harvest · Polydor · 1976 198.360

1740 Dreamweaver Sabbat · Noise International · 1989 198.360

1741

Grinderman Grinderman · Mute · 2007 198.360

1742 Fog on the Tyne Lindisfarne · Charisma · 1971 198.290

1743 Disco Club Black Devil · RCA Victor · 1978 198.090

1744 Bright Size Life Pat Metheny · ECM Records · 1976 198.000

1745

The Nephilim Fields of the Nephilim · Situation Two · 1988 197.800

1746

The Drift Scott Walker · 4AD · 2006 197.800

1747

Ten Thousand Fists Disturbed · Warner Music Canada · 2005 197.620

1748 The Circus Erasure · Mute · 1987 197.600

1749 The Album Formerly Known As... Carl Craig · Rush Hour Recordings · 2005 197.600

1750

Ukulele Songs Eddie Vedder · 2011 197.490

1751 DE9 | Closer to the Edit Richie Hawtin · novamute · 2001 197.470

1752 Audioslave Audioslave · Epic · 2002 197.470