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Highest Rated Indie Folk Albums of All Time
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Genre

1.

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
May 3, 2011
Score
90
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2.

Grizzly Bear - Shields
September 18, 2012
Score
90
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3.

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Score
90
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4.

Laura Gibson - Goners
October 26, 2018
Score
90
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5.

Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights
October 27, 2017
Score
90
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6.

Black Prairie - Feast of the Hunters' Moon
April 6, 2010
Score
80
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7.

Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
June 18, 2020
Score
80
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8.

Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
April 10, 2007
Score
80
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9.

Big Thief - U.F.O.F.
May 3, 2019
Score
80
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10.

First Aid Kit - Stay Gold
June 10, 2014
Score
80
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11.

Laura Veirs - The Lookout
April 13, 2018
Score
80
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12.

Clem Snide - Forever Just Beyond
March 27, 2020
Score
80
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13.

Saintseneca - Dark Arc
April 1, 2014
Score
80
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14.

Lost In The Trees - All Alone in An Empty House
August 10, 2010
Score
80
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15.

Damien Jurado - What's New, Tomboy?
May 1, 2020
Score
80
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16.

Fruit Bats - Absolute Loser
May 13, 2016
Score
80
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17.

Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
June 21, 2011
Score
80
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18.

Iron & Wine - Ghost on Ghost
April 16, 2013
Score
80
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19.

Damien Jurado - Visions of Us on the Land
March 18, 2016
Score
70
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20.

Joanna Newsom - Ys
November 14, 2006
Score
70
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21.

Darlingside - Extralife
February 23, 2018
Score
70
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22.

José González - In Our Nature
September 24, 2007
Score
70
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23.

Alexander - Alexander
February 28, 2011
Score
70
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24.

Darlingside - Birds Say
September 18, 2015
Score
70
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25.

The Head and The Heart - Let's Be Still
October 15, 2013
Score
70
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout all.
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