The Groove

The greatest albums of the 2010s

9,395 albums ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Plastic Beach

Gorillaz · Parlophone · 2010

2,200.500

Why this number?

The full board

Lonerism Tame Impala · Modular Recordings · 2012 1,609.200

Helplessness Blues Fleet Foxes · Sub Pop Records · 2011 1,275.300

The Pearl Sessions Janis Joplin · Columbia · 2012 1,263.100

Let England Shake PJ Harvey · Island · 2011 941.620

6 Advaitic Songs Om · Drag City · 2012 909.540

I Love You, Honeybear Father John Misty · Sub Pop Records · 2015 758.700

The English Riviera Metronomy · Because Music · 2011 628.340

9 Phosphene Dream The Black Angels · Blue Horizon · 2010 608.080

10 Allah-Las Allah-Las · 2012 568.560

Heligoland Massive Attack · Virgin · 2010 561.720

Lioness: Hidden Treasures Amy Winehouse · Lioness Records · 2011 539.100

13 Firepower Judas Priest · Columbia · 2018 533.260

14 Not Waving, but Drowning Loyle Carner · AMF Records · 2019 493.120

15 Ravedeath, 1972 Tim Hecker · kranky · 2011 470.120

Wasting Light Foo Fighters · RCA · 2011 438.620

17 Shed Title Fight · SideOneDummy Records · 2011 432.450

18 There Is Love in You Four Tet · Domino · 2010 430.430

19 Slave Ambient The War on Drugs · Secretly Canadian · 2011 403.200

The Budos Band III The Budos Band · Daptone Records · 2010 388.960

21 Space Is Only Noise Nicolas Jaar · 2011 380.370

Twins Ty Segall · Drag City · 2012 377.360

23 Black Up Shabazz Palaces · Sub Pop Records · 2011 372.020

Innerspeaker Tame Impala · Modular Recordings · 2010 363.400