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108,862 albums ranked. Not a record of investment dressed up as a record of merit — the Groove measures what is true and says so, identically for a household name and for a band nobody has heard of. How it works

No. 1

Harvest

Neil Young · Warner Bros. Records · 1972
2,621.940
Why this number?

heard and loved beloved, less heard widely heard. Every chart on earth measures reach and calls it merit. This one separates them.

The Top 100 · 108,862 albums ranked
2 Plastic Beach Gorillaz · Parlophone · 2010 2,200.500
3 Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes · Sub Pop Records · 2008 2,103.960
4 Lonerism Tame Impala · Modular Recordings · 2012 1,609.200
5 Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin · Swan Song · 1975 1,483.200
6 Remain in Light Talking Heads · Sire Records · 1980 1,396.850
7 Merriweather Post Pavilion Animal Collective · Domino · 2009 1,361.700
8 Glass Houses Billy Joel · CBS · 1980 1,331.200
9 Faith George Michael · Epic · 1987 1,330.490
10 Midnight Marauders A Tribe Called Quest · Jive · 1993 1,305.660
11 Helplessness Blues Fleet Foxes · Sub Pop Records · 2011 1,275.300
12 Aladdin Sane David Bowie · RCA Victor · 1973 1,274.240
13 Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young · 1979 1,271.600
14 The Pearl Sessions Janis Joplin · Columbia · 2012 1,263.100
15 Brothers and Sisters The Allman Brothers Band · Capricorn Records · 1973 1,245.000
16 Outlandos d’Amour The Police · A&M Records · 1978 1,236.060
17 Heartbeat City The Cars · Elektra · 1984 1,233.280
18 Speaking in Tongues Talking Heads · Sire Records · 1983 1,210.000
19 Drukqs Aphex Twin · Warp · 2001 1,197.840
20 Zenyattà Mondatta The Police · A&M Records · 1980 1,197.640
21 Music Has the Right to Children Boards of Canada · Warp · 1998 1,175.150
22 Geogaddi Boards of Canada · Warp · 2002 1,161.450
23 Humbug Arctic Monkeys · Domino · 2009 1,122.880
24 Damn the Torpedoes Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers · Backstreet Records · 1979 1,109.680
25 Disintegration The Cure · Elektra · 1989 1,099.800
26 Around the World in a Day Prince · Paisley Park · 1985 1,092.690
27 Talking Heads: 77 Talking Heads · Sire Records · 1977 1,079.760
28 Fly Like an Eagle Steve Miller Band · Mercury Records · 1976 1,076.510
29 Stronger Than Pride Sade · Epic · 1988 1,068.980
30 Dare The Human League · Virgin · 1981 1,045.800
31 The Kick Inside Kate Bush · EMI · 1978 1,019.960
32 Pretzel Logic Steely Dan · ABC Records · 1974 986.000
33 Blood, Sweat & Tears Blood, Sweat & Tears · CBS · 1968 984.360
34 The Infamous… Mobb Deep · RCA · 1995 981.350
35 Scoundrel Days a‐ha · Warner Bros. Records · 1986 980.390
36 Still Crazy After All These Years Paul Simon · Columbia · 1975 974.430
37 Floodland The Sisters of Mercy · Merciful Release · 1987 960.080
38 Point of Know Return Kansas · Kirshner · 1977 955.900
39 Room on Fire The Strokes · RCA · 2003 955.860
40 Let England Shake PJ Harvey · Island · 2011 941.620
41 Bayou Country Creedence Clearwater Revival · Liberty · 1969 938.730
42 Amber Autechre · Warp · 1994 912.730
43 Van Halen II Van Halen · Warner Bros. Records · 1979 911.250
44 Advaitic Songs Om · Drag City · 2012 909.540
45 The Royal Scam Steely Dan · ABC Records · 1976 895.230
46 Treasure Cocteau Twins · 4AD · 1984 892.670
47 Silk Degrees Boz Scaggs · CBS · 1976 883.220
48 Relics Pink Floyd · Starline · 1971 881.160
49 The Black Album Jay‐Z · Roc‐A‐Fella Records · 2003 875.760
50 Experience The Prodigy · XL Recordings · 1992 874.200
51 Candy‐O The Cars · Elektra · 1979 861.030
52 War U2 · Island · 1983 856.080
53 The Grand Illusion Styx · A&M Records · 1977 855.260
54 Willy and the Poor Boys Creedence Clearwater Revival · Liberty · 1969 855.210
55 52nd Street Billy Joel · CBS · 1978 854.440
56 Straight Outta Compton N.W.A · Ruthless Records · 1988 853.580
57 Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen · CBS · 1978 852.260
58 Billion Dollar Babies Alice Cooper · Warner Bros. Records · 1973 841.620
59 Ammonia Avenue The Alan Parsons Project · Arista · 1984 840.060
60 Live Rust Neil Young · 1979 827.200
61 Close to the Edge Yes · Atlantic · 1972 810.480
62 Metal Health Quiet Riot · CBS/Sony · 1983 802.710
63 Ænima Tool · Volcano Records · 1996 800.400
64 Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables Dead Kennedys · Cherry Red Records · 1980 796.250
65 Ten Pearl Jam · Epic · 1991 795.660
66 Alcachofa Villalobos · Playhouse · 2003 785.840
67 Station to Station David Bowie · RCA Victor · 1976 780.530
68 Black Ice AC/DC · Columbia · 2008 763.680
69 Briefcase Full of Blues Blues Brothers · Atlantic · 1978 762.350
70 I Love You, Honeybear Father John Misty · Sub Pop Records · 2015 758.700
71 Wincing the Night Away The Shins · Sub Pop Records · 2007 758.640
72 Blow by Blow Jeff Beck · Epic · 1975 756.840
73 On Every Street Dire Straits · Vertigo · 1991 754.320
74 The Nightfly Donald Fagen · Warner Bros. Records · 1982 750.270
75 Ideal Ideal · wea · 1980 747.000
76 Double Vision Foreigner · Atlantic · 1978 741.600
77 Stars Simply Red · EastWest · 1991 732.700
78 One Nation Under a Groove Funkadelic · Warner Bros. Records · 1978 732.160
79 Burial Burial · Hyperdub · 2006 725.270
80 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Neil Young · 1969 724.460
81 Caravanserai Santana · Columbia · 1972 712.580
82 School’s Out Alice Cooper · Warner Bros. Records · 1972 710.400
83 La voce del padrone Franco Battiato · EMI · 1981 710.220
84 Avalon Roxy Music · E’G · 1982 709.750
85 Three Imaginary Boys The Cure · Fiction · 1979 707.310
86 Funcrusher Plus Company Flow · Rawkus Records · 1997 706.800
87 Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! DEVO · Warner Bros. Records · 1978 703.990
88 The Head on the Door The Cure · Fiction · 1985 702.960
89 Aquemini OutKast · LaFace Records · 1998 700.290
90 26 Mixes for Cash Aphex Twin · Warp · 2003 697.000
91 Fandango! ZZ Top · London Records · 1975 696.800
92 The Campfire Headphase Boards of Canada · Warp · 2005 696.600
93 A New Flame Simply Red · Elektra · 1989 689.600
94 Stormbringer Deep Purple · Purple Records · 1974 684.700
95 Third Stage Boston · MCA Records · 1986 684.060
96 Pink Flag Wire · Harvest · 1977 681.690
97 Preemptive Strike DJ Shadow · FFRR · 1998 680.400
98 Christopher Cross Christopher Cross · Warner Bros. Records · 1979 680.160
99 Abraxas Santana · Columbia · 1970 675.960
100 Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand · Domino · 2004 669.920
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