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The Best Folk Rock Albums of 2008
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1
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Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me
October 28, 2008
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
82
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
September 9, 2008
Folk Rock
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
79
22
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Shearwater - Rook
June 3, 2008
Chamber Pop
,
Indie Rock
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
79
16
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Johnny Flynn - A Larum
July 29, 2008
Contemporary Folk
,
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
79
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Sun Kil Moon - April
April 1, 2008
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
,
Contemporary Folk
Critic Score
78
17
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Micah P. Hinson - Micah P. Hinson and the Red Empire Orchestra
February 3, 2008
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
,
Gothic Country
Critic Score
77
7
reviews
Amazon
7
.
Blitzen Trapper - Furr
September 23, 2008
Folk Rock
Critic Score
77
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Vic Chesnutt, Elf Power, The Amorphous Strums - Dark Developments
October 14, 2008
Americana
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
77
9
reviews
Amazon
9
.
Ani DiFranco - Red Letter Year
September 30, 2008
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
75
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
June 10, 2008
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
75
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Martha Wainwright - I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too
June 10, 2008
Folk Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
74
16
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Butch Walker - Sycamore Meadows
November 8, 2008
Alternative Rock
,
Folk Rock
,
Pop Rock
Critic Score
74
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
August 5, 2008
Folk Rock
,
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
73
30
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Thrice - The Alchemy Index, Vols. III & IV: Air & Earth
April 15, 2008
Alternative Rock
,
Acoustic Rock
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
70
5
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
15
.
Jolie Holland - The Living and The Dead
October 7, 2008
Folk Rock
Critic Score
68
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Billy Bragg - Mr Love & Justice
March 3, 2008
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
66
18
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Port O'Brien - All We Could Do Was Sing
May 13, 2008
Indie Rock
,
Folk Rock
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
65
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
O'Death - Broken Hymns, Limbs and Skin
August 22, 2008
Alt-Country
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
63
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
The Nightwatchman - The Fabled City
September 30, 2008
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
57
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
1
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