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 926

22201 Forget Twin Shadow · 4AD · 2010 41.160

22202 Defiant Order Birdy Nam Nam · Jive Epic · 2011 41.160

22203 Hypnotic Nights JEFF the Brotherhood · Warner Bros. Records · 2012 41.160

22204 Echoes From One to Another Rudi Arapahoe · 2008 41.108

22205 The Sheriff The Modern Jazz Quartet · Atlantic · 1964 41.080

22206 Fanny Fanny · 1970 41.080

22207 Hot James Brown · Polydor · 1976 41.080

22208 1st Streets · Atlantic · 1983 41.080

22209 Michael Bolton Michael Bolton · Columbia · 1983 41.080

22210 Mr. Wright Bernard Wright · Manhattan · 1985 41.080

22211 Istina Riblja čorba · PGP-RTB · 1985 41.080

22212 Dear 23 The Posies · DGC Records · 1990 41.080

22213 This Toilet Earth GWAR · Metal Blade Records · 1994 41.080

22214 Tango Julio Iglesias · Columbia · 1996 41.080

22215 Lay It Down Cowboy Junkies · Geffen Records · 1996 41.080

22216

Christmas Caravan Squirrel Nut Zippers · 1998 41.080

22217 The Equatorial Stars Fripp & Eno · Discipline Global Mobile · 2004 41.080

22218 Dark Night of the Soul Danger Mouse · 2009 41.080

22219 The Magic Door Chris Robinson Brotherhood · Silver Arrow · 2012 41.080

22220 Sleepwalker The Kinks · Arista · 1977 41.040

22221 Black Sheep Jan Hammer · Asylum Records · 1978 41.040

22222 Hollywood Maynard Ferguson · CBS · 1982 41.040

22223

When Angels Travel Annabel Lamb · RCA · 1986 41.040

22224 Ich will dich haben Udo Lindenberg · Polydor · 1991 41.040