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1
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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
2
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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
3
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Angel Olsen - MY WOMAN
September 2, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
86
39
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Mitski - Puberty 2
June 17, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
85
30
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Emma Pollock - In Search of Harperfield
January 29, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
83
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
April 15, 2016
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
82
26
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger
June 3, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
Critic Score
82
28
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
John K. Samson - Winter Wheat
October 21, 2016
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
82
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20
February 5, 2016
Americana
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Alt-Country
Critic Score
80
21
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Alejandro Escovedo - Burn Something Beautiful
October 28, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
80
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Ed Harcourt - Furnaces
August 19, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
80
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Brigid Mae Power - Brigid Mae Power
June 10, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
79
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Courtney Marie Andrews - Honest Life
August 19, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Americana
,
Folk
Critic Score
79
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Steve Mason - Meet the Humans
February 26, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
79
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Ryley Walker - Golden Sings That Have Been Sung
August 19, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
Critic Score
79
17
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Andy Shauf - The Party
May 20, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
79
14
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Eric Bachmann - Eric Bachmann
March 25, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
Critic Score
79
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Agnes Obel - Citizen of Glass
October 21, 2016
Chamber Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
78
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Billie Marten - Writing of Blues and Yellows
September 23, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
Critic Score
78
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Cass McCombs - Mangy Love
August 26, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
78
22
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Andrew Bird - Are You Serious
April 1, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
,
Chamber Pop
Critic Score
77
18
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Lydia Loveless - Real
August 19, 2016
Alt-Country
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
77
14
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Norah Jones - Day Breaks
October 7, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Vocal Jazz
,
Jazz Pop
Critic Score
77
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
24
.
Steve Gunn - Eyes on the Lines
June 3, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
77
21
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Damien Jurado - Visions of Us on the Land
March 18, 2016
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
77
18
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
1
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