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 99

2353

The Idiots Are Winning Holden · Border Community · 2006 172.200

2354 Protechtion Adam Beyer · Drumcode · 1999 172.200

2355 Keys, Strings, Tambourines Kenny Larkin · Planet E · 2008 172.050

2356 Brewing Up With Billy Bragg Billy Bragg · Go! Discs · 1984 172.000

2357 Strawberries The Damned · Bronze · 1982 172.000

2358 Viva Last Blues Palace Music · Domino · 1995 171.990

2359 The Good Earth The Feelies · Coyote Records · 1986 171.900

2360 Monuments to Thieves His Hero Is Gone · Prank · 1997 171.900

2361 Primary Colours The Horrors · XL Recordings · 2009 171.810

2362 Trance Chris & Cosey · Rough Trade · 1982 171.770

2363

Psychedelic Pill Neil Young · 2012 171.770

2364 Nostradamus Judas Priest · Columbia · 2008 171.760

2365 New Edition New Edition · MCA Records · 1984 171.720

2366 The Waking Hour Dalis Car · Beggars Banquet · 1984 171.700

2367 Modern Music Be Bop Deluxe · Harvest · 1976 171.600

2368 Elastic Rock Nucleus · Vertigo · 1970 171.600

2369 Dirty Honey Dirty Honey · Dirt Records · 2021 171.600

2370 Rhymes & Reasons Carole King · Ode Records · 1972 171.550

2371 Best of The Doobies, Volume II The Doobie Brothers · Warner Bros. Records · 1981 171.430

2372 The Magnificent Tree Hooverphonic · Columbia · 2000 171.430

2373 Night Owls Vaya Con Dios · Ariola · 1990 171.390

2374 Swoon Prefab Sprout · Kitchenware Records · 1984 171.380

2375

Sugar Tax Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark · Virgin · 1991 171.380

2376

Ixnay on the Hombre The Offspring · Columbia · 1997 171.380