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Highest Rated Indie Folk Albums of All Time

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1. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell

March 31, 2015

Score

90

2. Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights

Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights

October 27, 2017

Score

90

3. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

May 3, 2011

Score

90

4. Laura Gibson - Goners

Laura Gibson - Goners

October 26, 2018

Score

90

5. Grizzly Bear - Shields

Grizzly Bear - Shields

September 18, 2012

Score

90

6. First Aid Kit - Stay Gold

First Aid Kit - Stay Gold

June 10, 2014

Score

80

7. Iron & Wine - Ghost on Ghost

Iron & Wine - Ghost on Ghost

April 16, 2013

Score

80

8. Fruit Bats - Absolute Loser

Fruit Bats - Absolute Loser

May 13, 2016

Score

80

9. Big Thief - U.F.O.F.

Big Thief - U.F.O.F.

May 3, 2019

Score

80

10. Saintseneca - Dark Arc

Saintseneca - Dark Arc

April 1, 2014

Score

80

11. Black Prairie - Feast of the Hunters' Moon

Black Prairie - Feast of the Hunters' Moon

April 6, 2010

Score

80

12. Laura Veirs - The Lookout

Laura Veirs - The Lookout

April 13, 2018

Score

80

13. Lost In The Trees - All Alone in An Empty House

Lost In The Trees - All Alone in An Empty House

August 10, 2010

Score

80

14. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver

Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver

June 21, 2011

Score

80

15. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga

Bright Eyes - Cassadaga

April 10, 2007

Score

80

16. First Aid Kit - Ruins

First Aid Kit - Ruins

January 19, 2018

Score

70

17. Pearly Gate Music - Pearly Gate Music

Pearly Gate Music - Pearly Gate Music

May 18, 2010

Score

70

18. Damien Jurado - Visions of Us on the Land

Damien Jurado - Visions of Us on the Land

March 18, 2016

Score

70

19. Andrew Bird - Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of..

Andrew Bird - Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of..

June 3, 2014

Score

70

20. Darlingside - Extralife

Darlingside - Extralife

February 23, 2018

Score

70

21. The Head and The Heart - Let's Be Still

The Head and The Heart - Let's Be Still

October 15, 2013

Score

70

22. boygenius - boygenius EP

boygenius - boygenius EP

October 26, 2018

Score

70

23. Beirut - March of the Zapotec/Holland EP

Beirut - March of the Zapotec/Holland EP

February 17, 2009

Score

70

24. The Milk Carton Kids - Monterey

The Milk Carton Kids - Monterey

May 19, 2015

Score

70

25. Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Here

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Here

May 29, 2012

Score

70

NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout all.

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