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Highest Rated Indie Folk Albums of All Time
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1.

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
February 10, 1998
Score
100
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2.

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness
January 19, 1999
Score
100
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3.

Lullaby for the Working Class - I Never Even Asked for Light
October 21, 1997
Score
96
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4.

Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
June 21, 2011
Score
95
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5.

Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith
July 21, 1995
Score
95
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6.

Joanna Newsom - Ys
November 14, 2006
Score
94
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7.

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Score
93
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8.

Smog - Dongs of Sevotion
April 4, 2000
Score
93
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9.

Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
February 23, 2010
Score
92
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10.

The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2
September 25, 2001
Score
92
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11.

Big Thief - U.F.O.F.
May 3, 2019
Score
92
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12.

Grizzly Bear - Shields
September 18, 2012
Score
91
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13.

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
June 3, 2008
Score
90
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14.

Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
March 24, 2017
Score
90
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15.

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
May 26, 2009
Score
90
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16.

Big Thief - Two Hands
October 11, 2019
Score
90
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17.

Cat Power - You Are Free
February 18, 2003
Score
89
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18.

Elliott Smith - Either/Or
February 25, 1997
Score
88
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19.

Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
February 10, 2015
Score
88
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20.

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
May 3, 2011
Score
88
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21.

Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
January 25, 2005
Score
87
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22.

Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
June 18, 2020
Score
87
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23.

Califone - Roots & Crowns
October 10, 2006
Score
87
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24.

Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
September 5, 2006
Score
87
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25.

Joanna Newsom - Joanna Newsom and the Ys Street Band
April 9, 2007
Score
87
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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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