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 82

1945 Mr. Hands Herbie Hancock · CBS/Sony · 1980 188.700

1946 Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich Warrant · CBS · 1988 188.700

1947 Rebel John Miles · Decca Records · 1976 188.650

1948 The Pearl Harold Budd · Editions EG · 1984 188.370

1949

Another Page Christopher Cross · Warner Bros. Records · 1983 188.340

1950 Then Play On Fleetwood Mac · Warner Bros. Records · 1969 188.340

1951 Radio City Big Star · Ardent Records · 1974 188.100

1952 Share the Land The Guess Who · RCA Victor · 1970 188.020

1953

Marche ou crève Trust · Epic · 1981 188.020

1954

Godsmack Godsmack · Republic Records · 1998 188.000

1955 Ini Kamoze Ini Kamoze · Taxi · 1984 188.000

1956

A Tonic for the Troops The Boomtown Rats · Ensign · 1978 187.980

1957

Reinventing the Steel Pantera · Elektra · 2000 187.980

1958

Buddha and the Chocolate Box Cat Stevens · A&M Records · 1974 187.920

1959 Floaters The Floaters · ABC Records · 1977 187.920

1960 Still Life Opeth · Peaceville · 1999 187.920

1961 Nervous Night The Hooters · Columbia · 1985 187.880

1962 Freak of Nature Anastacia · Epic · 2001 187.880

1963 O Papa é pop Engenheiros do Hawaii · RCA · 1990 187.850

1964 In Concert The Doors · Elektra · 1991 187.790

1965 The Sun of Tiphareth Absu · Osmose Productions · 1995 187.790

1966 Destiny The Jacksons · Epic · 1978 187.780

1967 In My Head Black Flag · SST Records · 1985 187.780

1968

Empty Sky Elton John · DJM Records · 1969 187.720