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Highest Rated Indie Folk Albums of All Time
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Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
June 21, 2011
Score
100
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Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
February 10, 2015
Score
100
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3
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Lady Lamb - After
March 3, 2015
Score
80
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Grizzly Bear - Horn of Plenty
November 9, 2004
Score
80
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Jeffrey Lewis - A Turn In The Dream-Songs
October 10, 2011
Score
80
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Califone - Roots & Crowns
October 10, 2006
Score
80
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Ani DiFranco - Educated Guess
January 20, 2004
Score
80
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8
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Devendra Banhart - What Will We Be
October 27, 2009
Score
80
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9
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Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
March 24, 2017
Score
80
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10
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Richard Reed Parry - Quiet River of Dust, Vol. 2: That Side of the River
June 21, 2019
Score
80
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11
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Father John Misty - Fear Fun
May 1, 2012
Score
80
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Headless Heroes - The Silence of Love
November 10, 2008
Score
80
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13
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Wake Owl - The Private World of Paradise
March 4, 2014
Score
80
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14
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Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Score
80
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15
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Sharon Van Etten - I Don't Want To Let You Down
June 9, 2015
Score
80
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Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
January 25, 2005
Score
80
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Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State
July 1, 2003
Score
80
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18
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Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Here
May 29, 2012
Score
80
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Basia Bulat - Tall Tall Shadows
September 30, 2013
Score
80
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20
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Shovels & Rope - Swimmin' Time
August 26, 2014
Score
80
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21
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Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
May 26, 2009
Score
80
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22
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The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
October 3, 2006
Score
80
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23
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Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
July 8, 2007
Score
80
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24
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Woodpigeon - T R O U B L E
April 1, 2016
Score
80
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The Barr Brothers - Queens of the Breakers
October 13, 2017
Score
80
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