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 93

2209

Kaleidoscope DJ Food · Ninja Tune · 2000 178.080

2210 Odd Blood Yeasayer · Secretly Canadian · 2010 178.020

2211 Build a Rocket Boys! Elbow · Fiction · 2011 177.840

2212 The Raincoats The Raincoats · Rough Trade · 1979 177.760

2213

One Ben Klock · Ostgut Ton · 2009 177.760

2214 Question in the Form of an Answer People Under the Stairs · Om Records · 2000 177.560

2215

This Is the Sea The Waterboys · Ensign · 1985 177.480

2216 Kveldssanger Ulver · Head Not Found · 1996 177.480

2217 Animalism The Animals · 1966 177.390

2218 The Crack The Ruts · Virgin · 1979 177.300

2219

Brave Murder Day Katatonia · Avantgarde Music · 1996 177.300

2220 Beau Dommage Beau Dommage · Capitol Records · 1974 177.240

2221

Welcome to the Beautiful South The Beautiful South · Go! Discs · 1989 177.240

2222

Dead Again Type O Negative · Steamhammer · 2007 177.240

2223 Blue Record Baroness · Relapse Records · 2009 177.240

2224

Hliðskjálf Burzum · Misanthropy Records · 1999 177.060

2225 All the Girls in the World Beware!!! Grand Funk · Capitol Records · 1974 176.860

2226

The Red Shoes Kate Bush · EMI United Kingdom · 1993 176.860

2227

Nymphetamine Cradle of Filth · Roadrunner Records · 2004 176.860

2228 White Music XTC · Virgin · 1978 176.800

2229

A Gift From a Flower to a Garden Donovan · Epic · 1967 176.800

2230 Resuscitation ADULT. · Ersatz Audio · 2001 176.800

2231

Jorge Ben Jorge Ben · Philips · 1969 176.700

2232

Clouds Tiamat · Century Media · 1992 176.610