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Bob Dylan & The Band - The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete
November 4, 2014
Critic Score
93
15
reviews
Amazon
2
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
October 4, 2019
Critic Score
93
34
reviews
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3
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Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
March 24, 2017
Critic Score
91
18
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Mary Gauthier - Rifles & Rosary Beads
January 26, 2018
Critic Score
90
5
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5
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Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Critic Score
90
43
reviews
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
September 9, 2016
Critic Score
90
35
reviews
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7
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Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Live
April 28, 2017
Critic Score
89
5
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8
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Allison Moorer - Blood
October 25, 2019
Critic Score
88
5
reviews
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9
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Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
October 21, 2016
Critic Score
88
29
reviews
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10
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Joanna Newsom - Divers
October 23, 2015
Critic Score
88
39
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11
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Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964
October 19, 2010
Critic Score
87
9
reviews
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Music
12
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Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel
June 19, 2012
Critic Score
87
29
reviews
Amazon
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Spotify
13
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Bon Iver - 22, A Million
September 30, 2016
Critic Score
87
42
reviews
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14
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Karine Polwart & Pippa Murphy - A Pocket of Wind Resistance
November 17, 2017
Critic Score
87
6
reviews
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Spotify
15
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Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
February 10, 2015
Critic Score
87
40
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16
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Angel Olsen - My Woman
September 2, 2016
Critic Score
86
37
reviews
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17
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Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle
May 27, 2013
Critic Score
86
36
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18
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Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!
August 30, 2019
Critic Score
86
33
reviews
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Spotify
19
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Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains
July 12, 2019
Critic Score
86
20
reviews
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Spotify
20
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Randy Newman - The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2
May 10, 2011
Critic Score
85
6
reviews
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21
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John Howard & The Night Mail - John Howard & The Night Mail
August 21, 2015
Critic Score
85
6
reviews
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Spotify
22
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Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
May 27, 2014
Critic Score
85
36
reviews
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Spotify
23
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Jenny Hval - Innocence Is Kinky
May 14, 2013
Critic Score
85
11
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
24
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Mount Eerie - (after)
September 21, 2018
Critic Score
85
6
reviews
Amazon
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Spotify
25
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Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
February 23, 2010
Critic Score
85
29
reviews
Amazon
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