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 741

17761

Historiae Ataraxia · Cruel Moon International · 1998 49.560

17762 Negro Necro Nekros Dälek · Gern Blandsten · 1998 49.560

17763 The Apopcalyptic Manifesto Apoptygma Berzerk · Metropolis Records · 1998 49.560

17764 High Tension Mlada Fronta · Tribal Productions · 1999 49.560

17765 fixed::context Labradford · Blast First · 2000 49.560

17766 Metal Church Wayne · Nuclear Blast · 2001 49.560

17767 Alien Artform Dimension 5 · Delsin Records · 2002 49.560

17768 Déjà Voodoo Gov’t Mule · ATO Records · 2004 49.560

17769 Music for the Divine Glenn Hughes · YAMAHA MUSIC COMMUNICATIONS · 2006 49.560

17770 Message From Nine to the Universe Jimi Hendrix · 2006 49.560

17771 Matador Grant Green · Blue Note · 1979 49.556

17772 My Disease LeFT · 2001 49.556

17773 Formerly Anthrax Show of Hands · Elektra · 1970 49.500

17774 Rit 2 Lee Ritenour · Discovery Records · 1982 49.500

17775

Big Daddy John Cougar Mellencamp · Mercury Records · 1989 49.500

17776 Morgue Das Ich · Energy Rekords · 1998 49.500

17777 Always Got Tonight Chris Isaak · 2002 49.500

17778 Inferno Project Pitchfork · wea · 2002 49.500

17779

Songs of Mass Destruction Annie Lennox · Arista · 2007 49.500

17780 Miles Miles Davis Quintet · Prestige · 1956 49.500

17781 Willis Alan Ramsey Willis Alan Ramsey · KOCH Records · 1972 49.500

17782

Buckshot LeFonque Buckshot LeFonque · Columbia · 1994 49.500

17783

Fantaisie militaire Alain Bashung · Barclay · 1998 49.500

17784 Support Your Local Groover Deep Dive Corp. · 2000 49.500