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Highest Rated Folk Albums of the 1960s
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1960s
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Rolling Stone
Genre
Folk
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Avant-Garde Jazz
Baroque Pop
Blues Rock
Contemporary Folk
Country
Folk
Folk Rock
Free Jazz
Hard Bop
Jazz
Pop
Pop Rock
Pop Soul
Post-Bop
Psychedelia
Psychedelic Pop
Psychedelic Rock
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
Soul
Southern Soul
Vocal Jazz
1960s
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1
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Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again
October 30, 1967
Folk Rock
,
Psychedelic Folk
,
Psychedelic Rock
,
Country Rock
,
Psychedelic Pop
Score
100
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2
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The Band - Music from Big Pink
July 1, 1968
Roots Rock
,
Folk Rock
,
Country Rock
Score
100
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3
.
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
June 20, 1966
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
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4
.
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
August 30, 1965
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Blues Rock
Score
100
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5
.
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
March 27, 1965
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
100
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6
.
The Band - The Band
September 22, 1969
Folk Rock
,
Country Rock
,
Roots Rock
Score
100
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7
.
Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
December 27, 1967
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
100
Source →
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8
.
Moby Grape - Moby Grape
June 6, 1967
Folk Rock
,
Psychedelic Rock
,
Blues Rock
Score
100
Source →
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9
.
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
November 29, 1968
Chamber Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
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10
.
The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday
February 6, 1967
Psychedelic Pop
,
Pop Rock
,
Folk Rock
Score
100
Source →
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Music
Spotify
11
.
Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends
April 3, 1968
Folk Rock
,
Folk Pop
Score
100
Source →
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12
.
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
July 3, 1969
Chamber Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen
December 27, 1967
Contemporary Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
May 27, 1963
Contemporary Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Woody Guthrie - Dust Bowl Ballads
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
June 21, 1965
Folk Rock
,
Pop Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn!
December 12, 1965
Folk Rock
,
Pop Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
The Byrds - Fifth Dimension
July 18, 1966
Folk Rock
,
Psychedelic Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
August 30, 1968
Country
,
Folk Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Bob Dylan - Another Side of Bob Dylan
August 8, 1964
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
January 15, 1968
Folk Rock
,
Psychedelic Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
The Holy Modal Rounders - The Holy Modal Rounders 2
Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
23
.
The Holy Modal Rounders - The Holy Modal Rounders
Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
24
.
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers
November 0, 1969
Psychedelic Rock
,
Folk Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
The Mamas & The Papas - If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears
March 1, 1966
Pop Rock
,
Sunshine Pop
,
Folk Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
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