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 987

23665 Riccardo Cocciante Riccardo Cocciante · 1978 39.000

23666 2006 Katapult · Supraphon · 1980 39.000

23667 Charlie Charlie · Polydor · 1983 39.000

23668 Hymns for the Deranged The Accüsed · Musical Tragedies · 1989 39.000

23669 Porgy & Bess Ray Charles · RCA · 1989 39.000

23670

Open The Scene · Mercury Records · 1992 39.000

23671 Loops & Breaks Cylob · Rephlex · 1996 39.000

23672 Drawn to the Deep End Gene · Polydor · 1997 39.000

23673 In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy Pat Boone · 1997 39.000

23674 4 (Four) Fair Warning · Frontiers Records · 2000 39.000

23675 Masterpiece Theatre En Vogue · Elektra · 2000 39.000

23676 Red Letter Days The Wallflowers · Interscope Records · 2002 39.000

23677 Kingdom Gone Ostara · Eis & Licht · 2002 39.000

23678

You Can’t Fight What You Can’t See Girls Against Boys · Jade Tree · 2002 39.000

23679 Short Stories Gabriel Le Mar · Spirit Zone Recordings · 2003 39.000

23680 The Grotto Kristin Hersh · 4AD · 2003 39.000

23681

Margerine Eclipse Stereolab · Elektra · 2004 39.000

23682 Hell on Earth Toxic Holocaust · Nuclear War Now! Productions · 2005 39.000

23683

The Varangian Way Turisas · Century Media · 2007 39.000

23684 Massive Aggressive Municipal Waste · Earache Records · 2009 39.000

23685 Darkest Day Obituary · Candlelight Records · 2009 39.000

23686

Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood John Cale · Double Six Records · 2012 39.000

23687 The Soothsayer Wayne Shorter · Blue Note · 1979 38.950

23688 East of the River Nile Augustus Pablo · Message · 1981 38.950