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Highest Rated Indie Folk Albums of All Time
Decade
Source
Genre

1.

Devendra Banhart - What Will We Be
October 27, 2009
Score
100
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2.

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Score
95
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3.

Gregory & The Hawk - Leche
November 9, 2010
Score
95
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4.

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
May 3, 2011
Score
90
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5.

The Dø - Both Ways Open Jaws
November 15, 2011
Score
90
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6.

Sparrow & the Workshop - Crystals Fall
April 11, 2010
Score
90
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7.

Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
March 24, 2017
Score
90
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8.

Big Thief - U.F.O.F.
May 3, 2019
Score
90
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9.

Beirut - March of the Zapotec/Holland EP
February 17, 2009
Score
90
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10.

Sarabeth Tucek - Get Well Soon
April 18, 2011
Score
90
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11.

Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights
October 27, 2017
Score
90
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12.

Villagers - Becoming a Jackal
June 8, 2010
Score
90
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13.

Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
February 7, 2012
Score
90
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14.

Alessi's Ark - Time Travel
April 25, 2011
Score
90
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15.

Dead Man's Bones - Dead Man's Bones
October 6, 2009
Score
90
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16.

Bowerbirds - The Clearing
March 6, 2012
Score
90
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17.

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
June 3, 2008
Score
89
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18.

Alex G - House of Sugar
September 13, 2019
Score
85
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19.

Lady Lamb - After
March 3, 2015
Score
85
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20.

Mutual Benefit - Skip a Sinking Stone
May 20, 2016
Score
85
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21.

Jeffrey Lewis - A Turn In The Dream-Songs
October 10, 2011
Score
85
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22.

Little Scream - The Golden Record
April 12, 2011
Score
85
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23.

Whitney - Light Upon The Lake
June 3, 2016
Score
85
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24.

Mount Eerie - Now Only
March 16, 2018
Score
85
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25.

Stella Donnelly - Beware of the Dogs
March 8, 2019
Score
85
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iTunes
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Spotify
NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout all.
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