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Highest Rated Indie Folk Albums of 2015
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Alternative R&B
Alternative Rock
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Art Pop
Contemporary Folk
Contemporary R&B
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Electronic
Electronic Dance Music
Folk
Hip Hop
House
Indie Pop
Indie Rock
Metal
Pop
Post-Punk
Psychedelia
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
Synthpop
Trap
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1
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Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
93
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
.
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
February 10, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Yowler - The Offer
March 10, 2015
Slowcore
,
Indie Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
4
.
James Blackshaw - Summoning Suns
March 17, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
,
Chamber Folk
Score
79
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
The Weather Station - Loyalty
May 12, 2015
Indie Folk
Score
78
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Elephant Micah - Where In Our Woods
January 20, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Laura Marling - Short Movie
March 23, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
74
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Lady Lamb - After
March 3, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
74
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
ANAMAI - Sallows
March 10, 2015
Indie Folk
Score
71
Source →
Amazon
Music
10
.
Sharon Van Etten - I Don't Want To Let You Down
June 9, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle
October 23, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Slowcore
,
Indie Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Villagers - Darling Arithmetic
April 14, 2015
Indie Folk
,
Folk Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Beirut - No No No
September 11, 2015
Indie Folk
,
Chamber Pop
Score
67
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
The Mountain Goats - Beat the Champ
April 7, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
,
Folk Rock
Score
66
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Long Beard - Sleepwalker
October 17, 2015
Indie Folk
,
Indie Pop
Score
66
Source →
Amazon
Music
16
.
José González - Vestiges & Claws
February 17, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
66
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Juan Wauters - Who Me?
May 12, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
The Decemberists - Florasongs
October 9, 2015
Indie Folk
Score
58
Source →
Amazon
Music
19
.
The Decemberists - What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World
January 20, 2015
Indie Folk
Score
56
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Great Lake Swimmers - A Forest of Arms
April 21, 2015
Indie Folk
Score
54
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield - Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliott Smith
March 17, 2015
Indie Folk
Score
54
Source →
Amazon
Music
NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 2015.
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