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The Best Folk Albums of the 1970s
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Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
January 20, 1975
Critic Score
100
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2
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Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
January 1, 1974
Critic Score
100
5
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3
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Joni Mitchell - Blue
June 22, 1971
Critic Score
100
4
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4
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Grateful Dead - American Beauty
November 1, 1970
Critic Score
100
4
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5
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John Prine - John Prine
January 1, 1971
Critic Score
100
2 reviews
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6
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Neil Young - Decade
October 28, 1977
Critic Score
100
2 reviews
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7
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Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
April 1, 1974
Critic Score
100
2 reviews
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8
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
July 9, 1979
Critic Score
100
2 reviews
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9
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Cat Stevens - Teaser and the Firecat
October 1, 1971
Critic Score
100
1 review
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10
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Bill Fay - Time of the Last Persecution
Critic Score
100
1 review
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11
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Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
November 23, 1970
Critic Score
100
1 review
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12
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu
March 11, 1970
Critic Score
100
1 review
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13
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Cris Williamson - The Changer and the Changed
Critic Score
100
1 review
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14
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Caetano Veloso - Caetano Veloso (A Little More Blue)
July 3, 1971
Critic Score
100
1 review
Amazon
15
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Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead
June 14, 1970
Critic Score
98
5
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16
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Bob Dylan & The Band - The Basement Tapes
June 26, 1975
Critic Score
98
4
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17
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Paul Simon - Paul Simon
January 24, 1972
Critic Score
98
4
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18
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Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
January 26, 1970
Critic Score
97
5
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19
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Neil Young - On The Beach
July 16, 1974
Critic Score
96
4
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20
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Nick Drake - Pink Moon
February 25, 1972
Critic Score
95
4
reviews
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21
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Tim Buckley - Starsailor
November 1, 1970
Critic Score
95
2 reviews
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22
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Michael Hurley, The Unholy Modal Rounders, Jeffrey Frederick, & The Clamtones - Have Moicy!
January 0, 1976
Critic Score
95
2 reviews
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23
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Roy Harper - Stormcock
January 1, 1971
Critic Score
95
2 reviews
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24
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Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley
June 1, 1970
Critic Score
95
2 reviews
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25
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Neil Young - Comes a Time
October 21, 1978
Critic Score
95
2 reviews
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