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Folk
Critics' Highest Rated Folk Albums of 2024
Katherine Priddy
The Pendulum Swing
80
critic score
(6)
Madi Diaz
Weird Faith
80
critic score
(12)
Kacey Musgraves
Deeper Well
79
critic score
(18)
Katy Kirby
Blue Raspberry
78
critic score
(15)
Laura Jane Grace
Hole In My Head
76
critic score
(9)
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Critics' Highest Rated Folk Albums of All Time
Bob Dylan
Blood on the Tracks
100
critic score
(6)
Bob Dylan
Highway 61 Revisited
100
critic score
(6)
Joni Mitchell
Court and Spark
100
critic score
(5)
Joni Mitchell
Blue
100
critic score
(5)
Leonard Cohen
Songs of Leonard Cohen
100
critic score
(5)
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Users' Highest Rated Folk Albums of 2024
Tapir!
The Pilgrim, Their God & The King Of My Decrepit Mountain
77
user score
(756)
Katy Kirby
Blue Raspberry
70
user score
(299)
glaive
a bit of a mad one
70
user score
(809)
Kacey Musgraves
Deeper Well
70
user score
(879)
Laura Jane Grace
Hole In My Head
67
user score
(84)
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Users' Highest Rated Folk Albums of All Time
The Microphones
The Glow, Pt. 2
92
user score
(5,663)
Sufjan Stevens
Illinois
91
user score
(4,863)
Joni Mitchell
Blue
90
user score
(2,321)
Bob Dylan
Highway 61 Revisited
90
user score
(2,717)
Joanna Newsom
Ys
90
user score
(1,961)
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Recent Folk Albums
Kacey Musgraves
Deeper Well
79
critic score
(18)
Andrea Von Kampen
Sister Moon
76
critic score
(1)
Sheherazaad
Qasr
100
critic score
(1)
Suldusk
Anthesis
77
critic score
(4)
Abby Sage
The Rot
70
critic score
(1)
Benny Jones
Petit album d’automne… D’hiver
Indecent Insects
Snowman / The Blow
Amigo the Devil
Yours Until the War is Over
100
critic score
(1)
Little Kid
A Million Easy Payments
86
critic score
(1)
glaive
a bit of a mad one
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Critics' Top Folk Artists
Rhiannon Giddens
Patty Griffin
Shirley Collins
Gillian Welch
Hiss Golden Messenger
Richard Thompson
A Hawk and a Hacksaw
Alela Diane
Sam Amidon
Laura Veirs
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2
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1
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2
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2
1950
11
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20
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5
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7
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7
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7
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12
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9
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7
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9
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6
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10
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15
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19
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26
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52
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45
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55
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64
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76
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94
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83
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64
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76
1974
47
1975
58
1976
47
1977
41
1978
32
1979
29
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24
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18
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32
1983
20
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22
1985
26
1986
30
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27
1988
39
1989
22
1990
27
1991
33
1992
33
1993
42
1994
61
1995
55
1996
57
1997
49
1998
67
1999
56
2000
65
2001
82
2002
76
2003
93
2004
99
2005
105
2006
119
2007
145
2008
160
2009
206
2010
181
2011
225
2012
191
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188
2014
201
2015
182
2016
201
2017
244
2018
254
2019
251
2020
344
2021
432
2022
332
2023
373
2024
57
6,606 releases
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