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 83

1969 Black Unity Pharoah Sanders · impulse! · 1972 187.680

1970

Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters · Polydor · 2004 187.500

1971 Fried Julian Cope · Mercury Records · 1984 187.480

1972

The Chocolate Wheelchair Album Venetian Snares · Planet Mu · 2003 187.480

1973 Be Thankful for What You Got William DeVaughn · Roxbury Records · 1974 187.460

1974 Man Parrish Man Parrish · Importe/12 Records · 1982 187.460

1975 Transilvanian Hunger Darkthrone · Peaceville · 1994 187.460

1976 Nexus Polaris Covenant · Nuclear Blast · 1998 187.320

1977

Cryptic Writings Megadeth · Capitol Records · 1997 187.200

1978 Dance With Me T.S.O.L. · Frontier Records · 1981 187.200

1979 The Disintegration Loops William Basinski · 2062 · 2002 187.150

1980 The Dead Bears Newworldaquarium · Delsin Records · 2007 187.150

1981

Somewhere in England George Harrison · Dark Horse Records · 1981 187.110

1982

Money and Cigarettes Eric Clapton · Duck Records · 1983 187.110

1983 Mellow Madness Quincy Jones · A&M Records · 1975 187.110

1984 Liberi liberi Vasco Rossi · EMI · 1989 187.000

1985

Firefall Firefall · Atlantic · 1976 186.960

1986 Beauty Stab ABC · Neutron Records · 1983 186.960

1987

Hysteria The Human League · Virgin · 1984 186.960

1988 A Secret Place Grover Washington, Jr. · Kudu · 1976 186.960

1989 Freedom Flight Shuggie Otis · Epic · 1971 186.930

1990 Perdition City: Music to an Interior Film Ulver · Jester Records · 2000 186.930

1991 Mais Marisa Monte · EMI · 1991 186.900

1992 Jelly Tracks Mr. Sliff · Jericho · 2001 186.560