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Highest Rated Indie Folk Albums of All Time
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1
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Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Score
95
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2
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The Mountain Goats - In League with Dragons
April 26, 2019
Score
93
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3
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Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
March 24, 2017
Score
92
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4
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Florist - Emily Alone
July 26, 2019
Score
92
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Cass McCombs - Big Wheel and Others
October 15, 2013
Score
92
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6
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First Aid Kit - Ruins
January 19, 2018
Score
91
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7
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Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
May 26, 2009
Score
91
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8
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Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
May 3, 2011
Score
90
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9
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Ages and Ages - Divisionary
March 24, 2014
Score
90
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10
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Great Lake Swimmers - Ongiara
March 27, 2007
Score
90
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11
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Mount Eerie - Now Only
March 16, 2018
Score
90
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12
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Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
June 21, 2011
Score
90
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13
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Marissa Nadler - The Sister
May 29, 2012
Score
90
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14
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Laura Marling - Short Movie
March 23, 2015
Score
89
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15
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Califone - Stitches
September 3, 2013
Score
89
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16
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Mutual Benefit - Love's Crushing Diamond
October 25, 2013
Score
89
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17
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The Microphones - Microphones in 2020
August 7, 2020
Score
89
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18
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Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights
October 27, 2017
Score
89
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19
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Lady Lamb - After
March 3, 2015
Score
88
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20
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Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
June 18, 2020
Score
88
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21
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boygenius - boygenius EP
October 26, 2018
Score
88
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22
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Lissie - Catching a Tiger
August 17, 2010
Score
88
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23
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Alex G - Rocket
May 19, 2017
Score
88
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24
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The Mountain Goats - Getting Into Knives
October 23, 2020
Score
88
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25
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Sarah Louise - Deeper Woods
May 11, 2018
Score
88
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