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2005 Folk Album Releases
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Jul 5
Sufjan Stevens
Illinois
91
critic score
(26)
91
user score
(4,189)
Jan 25
Bright Eyes
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
85
critic score
(19)
85
user score
(1,349)
Apr 26
The Mountain Goats
The Sunset Tree
78
critic score
(15)
82
user score
(273)
Aug 16
Mount Eerie
"No Flashlight": Songs of the Fulfilled Night
77
critic score
(3)
76
user score
(250)
Mar 22
The Decemberists
Picaresque
81
critic score
(20)
82
user score
(225)
Jul 12
Xiu Xiu
La Forêt
76
critic score
(10)
77
user score
(225)
May 24
Animal Collective
Prospect Hummer
71
critic score
(8)
78
user score
(217)
Mar 1
Jack Johnson
In Between Dreams
59
critic score
(14)
78
user score
(211)
Feb 1
Matt Elliott
Drinking Songs
76
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(206)
Oct 17
Vashti Bunyan
Lookaftering
81
critic score
(12)
80
user score
(131)
Jul
Paavoharju
Yhä hämärää
74
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(118)
Mar 21
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band
Horses in the Sky
77
critic score
(6)
79
user score
(113)
Apr 5
Okkervil River
Black Sheep Boy
79
critic score
(14)
82
user score
(101)
Nov
Lalleshwari
Lullabies in a Glass Wilderness
81
user score
(100)
Apr 5
Syd Matters
Someday We Will Foresee Obstacles
78
user score
(82)
Dec 13
David Thomas Broughton
The Complete Guide to Insufficiency
84
critic score
(5)
80
user score
(82)
2005
Sufjan Stevens
Casimir Pulaski Day
96
user score
(76)
Sep 13
Devendra Banhart
Cripple Crow
78
critic score
(23)
78
user score
(69)
Sep 6
Singers
"Singers"
68
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(68)
Nov 1
Sun Kil Moon
Tiny Cities
61
critic score
(13)
66
user score
(63)
Nov 1
City and Colour
Sometimes
60
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(62)
2005
Andrew Jackson Jihad
Candy Cigarettes and Cap Guns
60
user score
(59)
May 31
Smog
A River Ain't Too Much To Love
73
critic score
(17)
81
user score
(51)
Jun 21
Dropkick Murphys
The Warrior's Code
73
critic score
(3)
72
user score
(49)
Sep 13
CocoRosie
Noah's Ark
62
critic score
(14)
66
user score
(43)
Mar 22
Akron/Family
Akron/Family
78
critic score
(6)
76
user score
(38)
Apr 5
Magnolia Electric Co.
What Comes After The Blues
72
critic score
(13)
76
user score
(37)
Mar 21
Angels of Light
The Angels of Light Sing 'Other People'
75
critic score
(10)
66
user score
(37)
Aug 9
Gogol Bordello
Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike
80
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(33)
May 1
Marissa Nadler
The Saga of Mayflower May
74
critic score
(2)
73
user score
(29)
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Nov 8
Akron/Family & Angels of Light
Akron/Family & Angels of Light
77
critic score
(11)
66
user score
(28)
Jan 25
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Matt Sweeney
Superwolf
78
critic score
(12)
82
user score
(26)
May 3
Aimee Mann
The Forgotten Arm
72
critic score
(12)
71
user score
(24)
Feb 22
Iron & Wine
Woman King
80
critic score
(17)
78
user score
(22)
2005
DeYarmond Edison
Silent Signs
73
user score
(21)
Jan 25
Six Organs of Admittance
School of the Flower
82
critic score
(7)
79
user score
(20)
Aug 23
Laura Veirs
Year of Meteors
78
critic score
(9)
79
user score
(20)
Sep 12
Calexico & Iron and Wine
In the Reins
77
critic score
(9)
76
user score
(18)
Jan 31
Emilíana Torrini
Fisherman's Woman
73
critic score
(7)
76
user score
(18)
Apr 19
Josephine Foster
Hazel Eyes, I Will Lead You
74
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(17)
Aug 28
Johnny Hobo & The Freight Trains / Mantits
Love Songs For The Apocalypse
80
user score
(17)
Feb 22
M. Ward
Transistor Radio
74
critic score
(19)
80
user score
(16)
Jun 20
Margot & The Nuclear So And So's
The Dust of Retreat
72
critic score
(6)
78
user score
(15)
Feb 22
Josh Rouse
Nashville
76
critic score
(11)
79
user score
(15)
Apr 12
Martha Wainwright
Martha Wainwright
77
critic score
(9)
82
user score
(15)
Jan 11
Cass McCombs
PREfection
64
critic score
(8)
71
user score
(14)
Aug 30
Jack Rose
Kensington Blues
80
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(13)
Jun 7
Phosphorescent
Aw Come Aw Wry
70
critic score
(7)
78
user score
(13)
Oct 11
Dirty Three
Cinder
75
critic score
(16)
67
user score
(12)
Jan 18
Magnolia Electric Co.
Trials & Errors
75
critic score
(6)
82
user score
(11)
Aug 30
Bob Dylan
The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: the Soundtrack
86
critic score
(8)
91
user score
(9)
Apr 21
Jackie-O Motherfucker
Flags of The Sacred Harp
75
critic score
(6)
77
user score
(9)
Jan 7
Uaral
Sounds of Pain...
82
user score
(8)
Feb 7
Ane Brun
A Temporary Dive
74
critic score
(4)
87
user score
(8)
Jun 7
Ry Cooder
Chávez Ravine
82
critic score
(11)
70
user score
(8)
Mar 20
Kiss The Anus Of A Black Cat
If the Sky Falls, We Shall Catch Larks
80
user score
(8)
Apr 5
Damien Jurado
On My Way to Absence
71
critic score
(6)
71
user score
(8)
Sep 27
Various Artists
Radio Pyongyang: Commie Funk and Agit Pop From the Hermit Kingdom
76
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(7)
Mar 22
Vic Chesnutt
Ghetto Bells
73
critic score
(12)
82
user score
(6)
Feb 22
Jeff Hanson
Jeff Hanson
74
critic score
(5)
80
user score
(6)
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