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Highest Rated Indie Folk Albums of All Time
Decade
Source
Genre

1.

Houndmouth - From The Hills Below The City
June 4, 2013
Score
100
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2.

Aldous Harding - Party
May 19, 2017
Score
100
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3.

Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny - Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose
February 28, 2012
Score
100
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4.

Damien Jurado - Visions of Us on the Land
March 18, 2016
Score
100
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5.

Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
February 7, 2012
Score
100
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6.

Villagers - Where Have You Been All My Life?
January 8, 2016
Score
80
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7.

Devendra Banhart - Ape in Pink Marble
September 23, 2016
Score
80
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iTunes
Music
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8.

Jesca Hoop - Memories Are Now
February 10, 2017
Score
80
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Iron & Wine - Beast Epic
August 25, 2017
Score
80
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

The Low Anthem - The Salt Doll Went to Measure the Depths of the Sea
February 23, 2018
Score
80
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
February 10, 2015
Score
80
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

M. Ward - More Rain
March 4, 2016
Score
80
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

The Mountain Goats - Goths
May 19, 2017
Score
80
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Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Various Artists - Dark Was The Night
February 17, 2009
Score
80
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights
October 27, 2017
Score
80
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
June 21, 2011
Score
80
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Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Big Thief - U.F.O.F.
May 3, 2019
Score
80
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Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Score
80
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Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

The Low Anthem - Eyeland
June 17, 2016
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

20.

Alex G - Rocket
May 19, 2017
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

This Is The Kit - Moonshine Freeze
July 7, 2017
Score
80
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Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
May 26, 2009
Score
80
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

First Aid Kit - Ruins
January 19, 2018
Score
80
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Beirut - The Rip Tide
August 30, 2011
Score
80
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Fleet Foxes - Shore
September 22, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout all.
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