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 815

19537

Conflicting Emotions Split Enz · A&M Records · 1983 45.820

19538 Only Four You Mary Jane Girls · Motown · 1985 45.820

19539 Watching You Tyran' Pace · Noise International · 1986 45.820

19540 The Third Power Material · 1991 45.820

19541 1,000 Fires Traci Lords · Radioactive Records · 1995 45.820

19542 Waveform T Power · Anti Static Recordings · 1997 45.820

19543 The Prophecy Buddha Monk · 1998 45.820

19544 Libertine Humiliations Misanthrope · Holy Records · 1998 45.820

19545 Grace Tribes of Neurot · Neurot Recordings · 1999 45.820

19546 Onclements Ovuca · Rephlex · 2000 45.820

19547 Theoretical Record Theoretical Girls · 2002 45.820

19548 Full Moon Element · Spirit Zone Recordings · 2002 45.820

19549

Hotel Paper Michelle Branch · Maverick · 2003 45.820

19550 The Gas Chair Crawling Chaos · Boutique · 2003 45.820

19551

I Told You I Was Freaky Flight of the Conchords · Sub Pop Records · 2009 45.820

19552

I mistici dell'Occidente Baustelle · Atlantic · 2010 45.820

19553 With Strings Clifford Brown · EmArcy · 1955 45.760

19554 A Black Man's Soul Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm · Pompeii Records · 1969 45.760

19555 Looks Like Rain Mickey Newbury · Mercury Records · 1969 45.760

19556 Tomorrow’s Gift Tomorrow’s Gift · +plus+ · 1970 45.760

19557 Silverhead Silverhead · Purple Records · 1972 45.760

19558 Auf der Bahn zum Uranus Gäa · Kerston · 1973 45.760

19559 The Plot Enrico Rava · ECM Records · 1977 45.760

19560 Cumbolo Culture · Virgin · 1979 45.760