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 930

22297

Tenor Madness Sonny Rollins Quartet · Prestige · 1956 40.940

22298

For Alto Anthony Braxton · Delmark Records · 1971 40.940

22299 Echoes of a Friend McCoy Tyner · Victor · 1972 40.940

22300 20 millas Flans · Melody Internacional · 1986 40.940

22301 Keys to Imagination Yanni · 1986 40.940

22302 Augenblicke STS · Amadeo · 1987 40.940

22303

Induljon a banzáj! Bonanza Banzai · Start · 1989 40.940

22304

Unruly Child Unruly Child · Interscope Records · 1992 40.940

22305 All the Witches Dance Mortuary Drape · Unisound Records · 1994 40.940

22306 Blue Mosque Muslimgauze · Staalplaat · 1994 40.940

22307 Elementalz The Brotherhood · Virgin · 1996 40.940

22308 Misery Index Assück · Sound Pollution · 1997 40.940

22309 Shizuo vs. Shizor Shizuo · Grand Royal · 1997 40.940

22310 Schrei wenn du brennst! muff potter. · 1998 40.940

22311 Broder Daniel Forever Broder Daniel · 1998 40.940

22312 Meaningless Jon Brion · Jealous Butcher Records · 2000 40.940

22313

Liquid Recoil · Mute · 2000 40.940

22314 Surf's Up! David Thomas and Two Pale Boys · Glitterhouse Records · 2001 40.940

22315 Na wylot Fisz · Asfalt Records · 2001 40.940

22316

Hellfire Club Edguy · Nuclear Blast · 2004 40.940

22317 Putsch Putsch '79 · Clone · 2004 40.940

22318 A Celebration of Guilt Arsis · Willowtip · 2004 40.940

22319 King Hokum C.W. Stoneking · Low Transit Industries · 2006 40.940

22320 Halfbreed HPC · Hymen Records · 2008 40.940