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 78

1849

The Pink Opaque Cocteau Twins · Relativity Records · 1985 192.920

1850 Full Circle The Doors · Elektra · 1972 192.720

1851 Infernal Overkill Destruction · Enigma · 1985 192.720

1852 How to Clean Everything Propagandhi · Fat Wreck Chords · 1993 192.720

1853

Awake Dream Theater · EastWest Japan · 1994 192.720

1854 Ben Jorge Ben · Philips · 1972 192.700

1855 Malo Malo · Warner Bros. Records · 1972 192.640

1856 Live at The Roxy N.Y. Dec 83 Yello · Vertigo · 1984 192.640

1857 Unorthodox Behaviour Brand X · Charisma · 1976 192.560

1858 Lost Paradise Paradise Lost · Peaceville · 1990 192.360

1859 Blah Blah Blah Blahzay Blahzay · 1996 192.280

1860 Phallus Dei Amon Düül II · Liberty · 1969 192.270

1861 Uomo di pezza Le Orme · Philips · 1972 192.270

1862

Sailing the Seas of Cheese Primus · Interscope Records · 1991 192.270

1863

The Dreadful Hours My Dying Bride · Peaceville · 2001 192.270

1864 & Yet & Yet Do Make Say Think · Constellation · 2002 192.270

1865

Bible of Dreams Juno Reactor · PONY CANYON · 1997 192.240

1866 A Space in Time Ten Years After · Columbia · 1971 192.100

1867 TP Teddy Pendergrass · Philadelphia International Records · 1980 192.100

1868

Si monumentum requires, circumspice Deathspell Omega · Norma Evangelium Diaboli · 2004 192.010

1869 Broken Heart The Babys · Chrysalis · 1977 192.000

1870

Dear Science TV on the Radio · 4AD · 2008 191.970

1871 Harvest for the World The Isley Brothers · T-Neck · 1976 191.880

1872

Freaky Styley The Red Hot Chili Peppers · EMI America · 1985 191.880