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2011 Folk Album Releases
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Jun 21
Bon Iver
Bon Iver, Bon Iver
85
critic score
(41)
85
user score
(2,644)
May 3
Fleet Foxes
Helplessness Blues
83
critic score
(40)
88
user score
(2,452)
Mar 1
Giles Corey
Giles Corey
82
critic score
(3)
87
user score
(1,327)
Feb 14
PJ Harvey
Let England Shake
89
critic score
(43)
84
user score
(1,107)
Sep 9
Ed Sheeran
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66
critic score
(11)
56
user score
(891)
Sep 20
Andrew Jackson Jihad
Knife Man
80
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(587)
Sep 20
Of Monsters and Men
My Head Is an Animal
68
critic score
(16)
74
user score
(420)
Mar 15
Alex Turner
Submarine
74
critic score
(11)
80
user score
(399)
Mar 8
Kurt Vile
Smoke Ring for My Halo
78
critic score
(27)
80
user score
(275)
Jan 19
青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]
檻髪 (Origami)
79
user score
(272)
May 9
Weyes Blood and the Dark Juices
The Outside Room
80
critic score
(1)
67
user score
(237)
Dec 12
Neutral Milk Hotel
Ferris Wheel on Fire
79
user score
(226)
Aug 30
Beirut
The Rip Tide
75
critic score
(28)
76
user score
(174)
Sep 6
The Front Bottoms
The Front Bottoms
74
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(169)
Jan 14
The Decemberists
The King is Dead
73
critic score
(37)
72
user score
(165)
Apr 5
Bill Callahan
Apocalypse
78
critic score
(23)
79
user score
(150)
Sep 13
Laura Marling
A Creature I Don't Know
83
critic score
(30)
78
user score
(138)
Nov 1
Low Roar
Low Roar
60
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(116)
Jan 31
Fleet Foxes
Helplessness Blues
83
critic score
(3)
94
user score
(96)
Apr 5
Timber Timbre
Creep On Creepin' On
74
critic score
(13)
78
user score
(94)
Jan 25
Iron & Wine
Kiss Each Other Clean
79
critic score
(38)
72
user score
(92)
Jun 10
Ed Sheeran
The A Team
74
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(89)
2011
Cícero
Canções de Apartamento
81
user score
(89)
May 23
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins
Diamond Mine
81
critic score
(15)
78
user score
(88)
Dec 26
Taylor Swift
Safe & Sound
70
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(82)
Sep 5
Bon Iver
Holocene
50
critic score
(1)
94
user score
(80)
Jun 28
Gillian Welch
The Harrow & The Harvest
86
critic score
(25)
78
user score
(71)
Apr 20
Daughter
His Young Heart
74
user score
(69)
Apr 26
Jenny Hval
Viscera
80
critic score
(4)
77
user score
(67)
Jun 7
Frank Turner
England Keep My Bones
75
critic score
(9)
80
user score
(65)
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Jun 7
City and Colour
Little Hell
77
critic score
(3)
76
user score
(62)
Jul 8
twenty one pilots
House of Gold
68
user score
(61)
Jan 9
Ed Sheeran
No. 5 Collaborations Project
70
critic score
(1)
50
user score
(55)
Feb 1
The Civil Wars
Barton Hollow
78
critic score
(10)
78
user score
(52)
Nov 15
The Dø
Both Ways Open Jaws
78
critic score
(14)
77
user score
(51)
Apr 8
Paul Simon
So Beautiful or So What
81
critic score
(20)
73
user score
(50)
Apr 26
Cass McCombs
WIT'S END
72
critic score
(18)
77
user score
(49)
Dec 5
Taylor Swift
Ours
74
user score
(49)
Aug 1
The Paper Kites
Woodland
75
user score
(46)
Nov 11
Ed Sheeran
Lego House
71
user score
(45)
Jun 3
Ramshackle Glory
Live the Dream
82
user score
(43)
May 31
Eddie Vedder
Ukulele Songs
64
critic score
(17)
67
user score
(42)
Mar 15
Noah and The Whale
Last Night on Earth
67
critic score
(27)
66
user score
(41)
Mar 15
The Dodos
No Color
74
critic score
(18)
76
user score
(41)
Mar 15
J Mascis
Several Shades of Why
75
critic score
(24)
78
user score
(36)
Dec 20
Of Monsters and Men
Little Talks
70
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(35)
Aug 29
Ry Cooder
Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down
88
critic score
(13)
73
user score
(33)
Jun 14
Marissa Nadler
Marissa Nadler
76
critic score
(17)
77
user score
(32)
Sep 13
Jonathan Wilson
Gentle Spirit
70
critic score
(8)
79
user score
(31)
Sep 9
Richard Dawson
The Magic Bridge
77
user score
(29)
Jul 12
The Middle East
I Want That You Are Always Happy
63
critic score
(6)
75
user score
(28)
Nov 30
B Fachada
B Fachada
80
user score
(28)
May 17
Chad VanGaalen
Diaper Island
78
critic score
(17)
78
user score
(28)
Aug 16
The Weather Station
All of It Was Mine
73
critic score
(4)
73
user score
(27)
Jun 17
Bon Iver
Perth
91
user score
(27)
Dec 12
Neutral Milk Hotel
Little Birds
90
user score
(25)
Oct 11
Tyler Childers
Bottles & Bibles
71
user score
(24)
Nov 8
Cass McCombs
Humor Risk
73
critic score
(20)
72
user score
(24)
Mar 1
Dropkick Murphys
Going Out in Style
76
critic score
(6)
68
user score
(23)
Sep 27
Fatoumata Diawara
Fatou
79
critic score
(3)
77
user score
(23)
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