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The Best Singer-Songwriter Albums of All Time

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Genre

1.

Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
January 20, 1975
Critic Score
100
6 reviews
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2.

Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
January 17, 1974
Critic Score
100
5 reviews
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3.

Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
August 30, 1965
Critic Score
100
5 reviews
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4.

Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
July 3, 1969
Critic Score
99
5 reviews
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5.

Carole King - Tapestry
February 10, 1971
Critic Score
98
5 reviews
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6.

Patti Smith - Horses
November 10, 1975
Critic Score
98
5 reviews
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7.

Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The
October 13, 1998
Critic Score
96
5 reviews
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8.

Nick Drake - Pink Moon
February 25, 1972
Critic Score
95
6 reviews
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9.

David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name
February 22, 1971
Critic Score
94
5 reviews
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10.

Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964 - Concert at Philharmonic Hall
March 30, 2004
Critic Score
93
7 reviews
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11.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
October 4, 2019
Critic Score
93
37 reviews
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12.

Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966
November 6, 2015
Critic Score
93
14 reviews
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13.

Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
April 17, 2020
Critic Score
93
32 reviews
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14.

Bob Dylan & The Band - The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete
November 4, 2014
Critic Score
93
17 reviews
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15.

Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day
December 1, 1970
Critic Score
92
5 reviews
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16.

Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
September 19, 1970
Critic Score
92
5 reviews
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17.

Jeff Buckley - Grace
August 23, 1994
Critic Score
92
8 reviews
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18.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
September 9, 2016
Critic Score
92
39 reviews
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19.

Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
June 30, 1998
Critic Score
91
6 reviews
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20.

Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
July 5, 2005
Critic Score
91
24 reviews
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21.

Cat Power - Moon Pix
September 22, 1998
Critic Score
91
6 reviews
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22.

PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
February 28, 1995
Critic Score
91
6 reviews
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23.

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Critic Score
91
45 reviews
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24.

Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
June 22, 1993
Critic Score
90
7 reviews
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25.

Sinéad O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
March 1, 1990
Critic Score
90
5 reviews
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