The Groove

The greatest albums of the 2000s

39,213 albums ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes · Sub Pop Records · 2008

2,103.960

Why this number?

The full board

Merriweather Post Pavilion Animal Collective · Domino · 2009 1,361.700

Drukqs Aphex Twin · Warp · 2001 1,197.840

4 Geogaddi Boards of Canada · Warp · 2002 1,161.450

Humbug Arctic Monkeys · Domino · 2009 1,122.880

Room on Fire The Strokes · RCA · 2003 955.860

The Black Album Jay‐Z · Roc‐A‐Fella Records · 2003 875.760

8 Alcachofa Villalobos · Playhouse · 2003 785.840

9 Black Ice AC/DC · Columbia · 2008 763.680

10 Wincing the Night Away The Shins · Sub Pop Records · 2007 758.640

Burial Burial · Hyperdub · 2006 725.270

26 Mixes for Cash Aphex Twin · Warp · 2003 697.000

The Campfire Headphase Boards of Canada · Warp · 2005 696.600

Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand · Domino · 2004 669.920

Kid A Radiohead · Parlophone · 2000 664.020

Horehound The Dead Weather · Third Man Records · 2009 645.920

U218 Singles U2 · Island · 2006 640.320

Confield Autechre · Warp · 2001 637.960

19 The Age of the Understatement The Last Shadow Puppets · Domino · 2008 613.210

MM..FOOD MF DOOM · Rhymesayers Entertainment · 2004 591.500

1 The Beatles · Apple Records · 2000 589.380

Aerial Kate Bush · EMI · 2005 582.960

Draft 7.30 Autechre · Warp · 2003 572.700

Elephant The White Stripes · XL Recordings · 2003 556.920