1971 Contemporary Folk Album Releases

Mar 5

Nick Drake

Bryter Layter

89

critic score

(4)

85

user score

(731)

May 17

Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney

Ram

97

critic score

(3)

87

user score

(585)

Mar 19

Leonard Cohen

Songs of Love and Hate

95

critic score

(2)

86

user score

(486)

Jan 1

Comus

First Utterance

80

critic score

(3)

84

user score

(287)

Nov 12

Françoise Hardy

La question

90

critic score

(1)

81

user score

(89)

Dec 29

America

America

60

critic score

(2)

73

user score

(78)

Sep 15

Judee Sill

Judee Sill

84

critic score

(2)

78

user score

(63)

Jan 1

Roy Harper

Stormcock

95

critic score

(2)

83

user score

(62)

Oct 1

John Fahey

America

90

critic score

(2)

85

user score

(52)

Sep 1

Cher

Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves

65

critic score

(2)

77

user score

(50)

Mar 16

James Taylor

Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon

80

critic score

(1)

80

user score

(28)

Mar

Luis Alberto Spinetta

Spinettalandia y Sus Amigos

75

user score

(20)

1971

Moondog

Moondog 2

60

critic score

(1)

75

user score

(19)

Jan 1

Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes

Âme debout

81

critic score

(2)

80

user score

(17)

1971

Exuma

Do Wah Nanny

50

critic score

(1)

67

user score

(13)

Oct

The Mamas & The Papas

People Like Us

40

critic score

(1)

72

user score

(13)

1971

Robbie Basho

Song of the Stallion

60

critic score

(1)

77

user score

(11)

Sep

Spirogyra

St. Radigunds

80

critic score

(1)

79

user score

(11)

Nov

John Martyn

Bless the Weather

85

critic score

(2)

81

user score

(10)

Nov

Carly Simon

Anticipation

70

critic score

(1)

73

user score

(10)

1971

Bridget St. John

Songs for the Gentle Man

80

critic score

(1)

69

user score

(9)

1971

The Children Of Sunshine

Dandelions

66

user score

(9)

Feb 9

Carly Simon

Carly Simon

70

critic score

(1)

67

user score

(7)

Feb 19

Paul McCartney

Another Day

88

user score

(6)

Oct

Melanie

Gather Me

90

critic score

(1)

74

user score

(6)

Jun

Masato Minami

The Tropics

58

user score

(5)

1971

Tucker Zimmerman

Tucker Zimmerman

83

user score

(3)

1971

Jan Dukes De Grey

Mice and Rats in the Loft

82

critic score

(2)

68

user score

(3)

1971

Joakim Skogsberg

Jola Rota

67

user score

(3)

Dec

Claudio Rocchi

Volo magico n. 1

75

user score

(3)

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Nov

Olivia Newton-John

If Not for You

80

critic score

(1)

72

user score

(2)

1971

Jerry Solomon

Past the 20th Century

1971

Cris Williamson

Cris Williamson

70

critic score

(1)

1971

Virgil Caine

Virgil Caine

Feb 27

Melanie

The Good Book

Aug 16

Rosebud

Rosebud

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