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 920

22057 Super System Tactile · Timeless Recordings · 2006 41.360

22058 Touch Three Phill Niblock · Touch · 2006 41.360

22059

Corporate Control Ex.Order · Power & Steel · 2007 41.360

22060 Luminarium Tape · Häpna · 2008 41.360

22061 The Dreamer José James · Brownswood Recordings · 2008 41.360

22062 Black Pyramid Black Pyramid · 2009 41.360

22063 The Sleep of Morbid Dreams Funebrarum · Cyclone Empire · 2009 41.360

22064 Opus Mortis VIII Vomitory · Metal Blade Records · 2011 41.360

22065 Black Square BNJMN · Rush Hour Recordings · 2011 41.360

22066 Framework Mike Dehnert · Delsin Records · 2011 41.360

22067 The Peace-Maker Harold Land Quintet · Cadet Records · 1968 41.360

22068 The Outside Man Junior Parker · Capitol Records · 1970 41.360

22069 Atmospheres Piero Umiliani · Omicron · 1975 41.360

22070 All Night Long With... Mood II Swing · URBAN · 1997 41.360

22071 Shaded Mind Heuristic Audio · Satamile Records · 2006 41.360

22072

Cover the Windows and the Walls Grouper · Root Strata · 2007 41.360

22073 Up Pops Ramsey Lewis · Cadet Records · 1967 41.340

22074 Willem Vermandere Willem Vermandere · Decca Records · 1971 41.340

22075 You're Gonna Love Yourself in the Morning Bonnie Koloc · 1974 41.340

22076 Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra Gary Burton · ECM Records · 1974 41.340

22077 Blue Sky - Night Thunder Michael Murphey · Epic · 1975 41.340

22078 Tertio Atoll · Ariola Eurodisc, S.A. · 1977 41.340

22079

Aretha Aretha Franklin · Arista · 1980 41.340

22080 The Celestial Hawk Keith Jarrett · ECM Records · 1980 41.340