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 732

17545 Ooh, Baby Atlantis · Vertigo · 1974 50.020

17546 Wayfarer Jan Garbarek Group · ECM Records · 1983 50.020

17547 Envy Ambitious Lovers · Editions EG · 1984 50.020

17548 Built to Last Grateful Dead · Arista · 1989 50.020

17549 Protest Songs Prefab Sprout · CBS · 1989 50.020

17550 Hell for Sale! Heavens Gate · Steamhammer · 1992 50.020

17551 Naufragios Mikel Erentxun · WEA Latina, Inc. · 1992 50.020

17552

Psycho Magnet London After Midnight · 1995 50.020

17553 Forever Now Level 42 · Resurgence · 1995 50.020

17554 Twenty Four Seven Tina Turner · Parlophone · 1999 50.020

17555 Wonderland California Sunshine · פונוקול · 2000 50.020

17556 Pressure Point Freestylers · Freskanova · 2001 50.020

17557 Ruined Imperative Reaction · Metropolis Records · 2002 50.020

17558 Evig pint Kaizers Orchestra · 2003 50.020

17559

Program Vengeance Propergol · Malignant Records · 2005 50.020

17560 Black Vase Prurient · Load Records · 2005 50.020

17561 Serenity Prosumer · Ostgut Ton · 2008 50.020

17562

All Reflections Drained Xasthur · Hydra Head Records · 2009 50.020

17563 Lieder, die die Welt nicht braucht Die Doofen · Sing Sing · 1995 49.920

17564 The Aerosol Grey Machine Van der Graaf Generator · Mercury Records · 1969 49.920

17565 Frost Music The Frost · Vanguard · 1969 49.920

17566 Carry On Flora Purim · Warner Bros. Records · 1979 49.920

17567 Released Patti LaBelle · Epic · 1980 49.920

17568

12 Bob James · Tappan Zee Records · 1984 49.920