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1. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

January 25, 2005

Score

100

2. Jesca Hoop - Memories Are Now

Jesca Hoop - Memories Are Now

February 10, 2017

Score

100

3. Mount Eerie - Clear Moon

Mount Eerie - Clear Moon

May 22, 2012

Score

100

4. Joanna Newsom - Ys

Joanna Newsom - Ys

November 14, 2006

Score

100

5. Cat Power - You Are Free

Cat Power - You Are Free

February 18, 2003

Score

100

6. The Mountain Goats - Goths

The Mountain Goats - Goths

May 19, 2017

Score

90

7. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear

Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear

February 10, 2015

Score

90

8. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

May 26, 2009

Score

90

9. Mount Eerie - Now Only

Mount Eerie - Now Only

March 16, 2018

Score

90

10. Beirut - Gulag Orkestar

Beirut - Gulag Orkestar

May 9, 2006

Score

90

11. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

July 8, 2007

Score

90

12. This Is The Kit - Moonshine Freeze

This Is The Kit - Moonshine Freeze

July 7, 2017

Score

90

13. A Hawk and a Hacksaw - Cervantine

A Hawk and a Hacksaw - Cervantine

February 18, 2011

Score

90

14. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp

Sharon Van Etten - Tramp

February 7, 2012

Score

90

15. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell

March 31, 2015

Score

90

16. Le Loup - The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly

Le Loup - The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly

September 11, 2007

Score

90

17. Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me

Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me

February 23, 2010

Score

90

18. Oliver Wilde - A Brief Introduction to Unnatural Light Years

Oliver Wilde - A Brief Introduction to Unnatural Light Years

July 22, 2013

Score

90

19. Nina Nastasia & Jim White - You Follow Me

Nina Nastasia & Jim White - You Follow Me

May 28, 2007

Score

90

20. Emmy the Great - First Love

Emmy the Great - First Love

February 9, 2009

21. Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem

Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem

August 18, 2009

Score

90

22. Adrianne Lenker - abysskiss

Adrianne Lenker - abysskiss

October 5, 2018

Score

90

23. Port O'Brien - Threadbare

Port O'Brien - Threadbare

October 19, 2009

Score

80

24. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

June 3, 2008

Score

80

25. A Hawk and a Hacksaw - The Way The Wind Blows

A Hawk and a Hacksaw - The Way The Wind Blows

October 17, 2006

Score

80

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

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