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Highest Rated Indie Folk Albums of All Time
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1.

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness
January 19, 1999
Score
90
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2.

Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny - Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose
February 28, 2012
Score
90
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3.

First Aid Kit - Stay Gold
June 10, 2014
Score
90
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4.

Alessi's Ark - Time Travel
April 25, 2011
Score
90
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5.

Kathryn Joseph - From When I Wake the Want Is
August 10, 2018
Score
90
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6.

Laura Marling - Short Movie
March 23, 2015
Score
90
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7.

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
May 26, 2009
Score
90
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8.

Whitney - Light Upon The Lake
June 3, 2016
Score
90
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9.

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Score
90
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10.

Meursault - Something for the Weakened
July 16, 2012
Score
80
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11.

Big Thief - Two Hands
October 11, 2019
Score
80
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12.

Six Organs of Admittance - Companion Rises
February 21, 2020
Score
80
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13.

Stornoway - Beachcomber's Windowsill
August 10, 2010
Score
80
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14.

Julia Jacklin - Crushing
February 22, 2019
Score
80
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15.

The Staves - If I Was
March 23, 2015
Score
80
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16.

Lone Wolf - Lodge
May 11, 2015
Score
80
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17.

First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
January 24, 2012
Score
80
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18.

Beirut - The Rip Tide
August 30, 2011
Score
80
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19.

Alex G - House of Sugar
September 13, 2019
Score
80
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20.

Dawn Landes - Sweet Heart Rodeo
September 8, 2009
Score
80
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21.

Devendra Banhart - Ape in Pink Marble
September 23, 2016
Score
80
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22.

Amber Arcades - European Heartbreak
September 28, 2018
Score
80
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23.

Fleet Foxes - Shore
September 22, 2020
Score
80
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24.

Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
June 21, 2011
Score
80
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25.

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