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1
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
October 4, 2019
Singer-Songwriter
,
Ambient Pop
Critic Score
93
37
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
September 9, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Rock
Critic Score
91
40
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
91
47
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
March 24, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
90
20
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Mary Gauthier - Rifles & Rosary Beads
January 26, 2018
Americana
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
90
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
October 21, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
Critic Score
89
32
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Joanna Newsom - Divers
October 23, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
Critic Score
89
43
reviews
Amazon
Music
8
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Bob Dylan - More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14
November 2, 2018
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
89
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
9
.
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Live
April 28, 2017
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
89
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
February 14, 2011
Art Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
89
44
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Randy Newman - The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2
May 10, 2011
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
87
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
February 10, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
87
42
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Allison Moorer - Blood
October 25, 2019
Singer-Songwriter
,
Americana
Critic Score
87
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Karine Polwart & Pippa Murphy - A Pocket of Wind Resistance
November 17, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
87
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!
August 30, 2019
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
,
Soft Rock
Critic Score
87
35
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
June 19, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
Critic Score
87
33
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Tom Waits - Bad as Me
October 25, 2011
Blues Rock
,
Experimental Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
87
42
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Angel Olsen - MY WOMAN
September 2, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
86
39
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle
May 27, 2013
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
,
Contemporary Folk
Critic Score
86
40
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964
October 18, 2010
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
86
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
21
.
Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains
July 12, 2019
Singer-Songwriter
,
Alt-Country
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
85
21
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
James McMurtry - Complicated Game
February 24, 2015
Americana
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
85
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Richard Dawson - 2020
October 11, 2019
Art Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Avant-Folk
Critic Score
85
19
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
June 21, 2011
Indie Folk
,
Art Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
85
41
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
February 23, 2010
Chamber Folk
,
Progressive Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
85
34
reviews
Amazon
Music
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