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 783

18769 Keep Them Confused No Use for a Name · Fat Wreck Chords · 2005 47.400

18770 Young and Restless Prism · 1980 47.360

18771 Animotion Animotion · Mercury Records · 1984 47.360

18772

Are You Okay? Was (Not Was) · Fontana · 1990 47.360

18773 Inside Orphanage · Nuclear Blast · 2000 47.360

18774 Natural Selection Fuel · Epic · 2003 47.360

18775 Listening Listening · Vanguard · 1968 47.320

18776 Moondog 2 Moondog · 1971 47.320

18777 Como el agua Camarón · Philips · 1981 47.320

18778

Eliogabalus Devil Doll · Hurdy Gurdy Records · 1990 47.320

18779 Legacy of Hate and Lust Leæther Strip · Cleopatra Records · 1995 47.320

18780

187 Lockdown 187 Lockdown · 1998 47.320

18781 Wind Hazard · Ash International · 2001 47.320

18782 DEEP RIVER 宇多田ヒカル · EASTWORLD · 2002 47.320

18783

Collapser Banner Pilot · Fat Wreck Chords · 2009 47.320

18784 Prismic Tops Dimlite · 2010 47.320

18785 Klatter Boris · Daymare Recordings · 2011 47.320

18786 Sentielle Objectif Actualité Mark Fell · Editions Mego · 2012 47.320

18787 White, Hot & Blue Johnny Winter · Blue Sky · 1978 47.310

18788 Do What You Wanna Do The Dramatics · ABC Records · 1978 47.310

18789 Pink Pork The Pork Dukes · Wood Records · 1978 47.310

18790 Modern Lovers 88 Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers · Rounder · 1987 47.310

18791 T.O.P. Tower of Power · Epic · 1993 47.310

18792 Hegel Lucio Battisti · Numero uno · 1994 47.310