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Highest Rated Folk Albums of 2015
Decade
2010s
All Time
2020s
2010s
2000s
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Source
NME
Genre
Folk
All
Alternative Rock
Art Pop
Contemporary Folk
Dance
Dance-Pop
Electronic
Electropop
Folk
Garage Rock
Hip Hop
Indie Pop
Indie Rock
Neo-Psychedelia
Pop
Post-Punk
Psychedelia
Psychedelic Pop
Punk
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
Soul
Synthpop
2010s
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
1
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Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
February 10, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
90
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Music
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2
.
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Joanna Newsom - Divers
October 23, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
4
.
Ryley Walker - Primrose Green
March 31, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Sun Kil Moon - Universal Themes
June 2, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
,
Folk Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Neil Young & Promise of the Real - The Monsanto Years
June 29, 2015
Folk Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Frank Turner - Positive Songs for Negative People
August 7, 2015
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
José González - Vestiges & Claws
February 17, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Laura Marling - Short Movie
March 23, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Amen Dunes - Cowboy Worship
January 20, 2015
Folk
,
Psychedelic Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Sharon Van Etten - I Don't Want To Let You Down
June 9, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Juan Wauters - Who Me?
May 12, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Lady Lamb - After
March 3, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Trembling Bells - The Sovereign Self
June 29, 2015
Psychedelic Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Samantha Crain - Under Branch & Thorn & Tree
July 17, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
,
Americana
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
16
.
The Amazing - Picture You
February 17, 2015
Folk Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Meg Baird - Don't Weigh Down the Light
June 23, 2015
Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Flo Morrissey - Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful
June 15, 2015
Folk
,
Chamber Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Peter Broderick - Colours of the Night
April 28, 2015
Indie Folk
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Cass McCombs - A Folk Set Apart: Rarities, B-Sides & Space Junk, Etc.
December 11, 2015
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Lucy Rose - Work It Out
July 7, 2015
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Beirut - No No No
September 11, 2015
Indie Folk
,
Chamber Pop
Score
40
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 2015.
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