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 780

18697

Time and Space Ryoji Ikeda · Staalplaat · 1998 47.560

18698 Lust 2 Depth Charge · D.C. Recordings · 1999 47.560

18699

Cold Morgenstern · Ant‐Zen · 2000 47.560

18700

A Choir of Empty Beds B. Fleischmann · Fuzzy Box · 2000 47.560

18701 Little Lost Soul The Third Eye Foundation · Domino · 2000 47.560

18702 Pelican Moondance Otto von Schirach · Schematic · 2002 47.560

18703

Backspacer Pearl Jam · Universal Music · 2009 47.560

18704 Broken Record Lloyd Cole · 2010 47.560

18705

Both Sides of Dolly Parton Dolly Parton · Lotus Records · 1978 47.520

18706 Earth & Sky Graham Nash · Capitol Records · 1980 47.520

18707 Perspective America · Capitol Records · 1984 47.520

18708 Interference Cubanate · Wax Trax! Records · 1998 47.520

18709

S.I.O.S.O.S. Volume 1 Spooks · Artemis Records · 2000 47.520

18710 German Engineering The Panacea · Position Chrome · 2000 47.520

18711 Dream Sequence 3: The Collective Blake Baxter · Tresor · 2001 47.520

18712 WLIB AM: King of the Wigflip Madlib · Rapster Records · 2008 47.520

18713 Mingus Plays Piano Charles Mingus · impulse! · 1964 47.520

18714 The Name Game Shirley Ellis · Congress · 1965 47.520

18715

Rubber Soul The Beatles · Capitol Records · 1965 47.520

18716 CQ The Outsiders · Polydor · 1968 47.520

18717 Well Cut Jenghiz Khan · Barclay · 1970 47.520

18718 Sofrito Mongo Santamaría · Fania · 1976 47.520

18719 Prehistoric Sounds The Saints · Harvest · 1978 47.520

18720 Musique pour l'odyssée Art Zoyd · Atem · 1979 47.520