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The Best Folk Albums of 2016 by User Score
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1
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Various Artists - Life Is Strange
January 19th, 2016
Indie Folk
,
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
86
59 ratings
Amazon
2
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The Blasting Company - Over the Garden Wall
July 8th, 2016
Chamber Folk
,
Ragtime
,
Dixieland
,
Traditional Pop
,
Baroque Pop
USER SCORE
85
160 ratings
Amazon
3
.
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
October 21st, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
USER SCORE
82
703 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba] - マホロボシヤ (Mahoroboshiya)
October 19th, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
USER SCORE
81
308 ratings
Amazon
Music
5
.
Weyes Blood - Front Row Seat to Earth
October 21st, 2016
Psychedelic Folk
,
Baroque Pop
USER SCORE
80
994 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Big Thief - Masterpiece
May 27th, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
79
1,168 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Whitney - Light Upon The Lake
June 3rd, 2016
Indie Folk
,
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
79
490 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
King Creosote - Astronaut Meets Appleman
September 2nd, 2016
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
79
50 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Andy Shauf - The Party
May 20th, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
USER SCORE
79
226 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Sidney Gish - Ed Buys Houses
December 29th, 2016
Indie Folk
,
Twee Pop
,
Bedroom Pop
USER SCORE
78
59 ratings
Amazon
11
.
RY X - Dawn
May 6th, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Folk Rock
USER SCORE
78
56 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Kelsey Lu - Church
July 8th, 2016
Chamber Pop
,
Art Pop
,
Chamber Folk
USER SCORE
78
69 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
April 15th, 2016
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
77
299 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
William Tyler - Modern Country
June 3rd, 2016
Folk
,
Folk Rock
USER SCORE
77
83 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Hiss Golden Messenger - Heart Like a Levee
October 7th, 2016
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
77
57 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Andrew Bird - Are You Serious
April 1st, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
,
Chamber Pop
USER SCORE
76
150 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
case/lang/veirs - case/lang/veirs
June 17th, 2016
Folk
,
Chamber Folk
USER SCORE
76
185 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Julia Jacklin - Don't Let the Kids Win
October 7th, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
76
162 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Kikagaku Moyo - House in the Tall Grass
May 13th, 2016
Psychedelic Rock
,
Psychedelic Folk
USER SCORE
76
54 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Mothers - When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired
February 26th, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
76
155 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Okkervil River - Away
September 9th, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Folk Rock
USER SCORE
75
64 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Loving - Loving
June 11th, 2016
Psychedelic Folk
USER SCORE
75
53 ratings
Amazon
23
.
Woods - City Sun Eater in the River Of Light
April 8th, 2016
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Indie Rock
,
Psychedelic Folk
USER SCORE
74
156 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Steve Gunn - Eyes on the Lines
June 3rd, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
USER SCORE
74
70 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Damien Jurado - Visions of Us on the Land
March 18th, 2016
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
74
64 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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