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Highest Rated Folk Albums of 2012
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Alternative Rock
Art Pop
Contemporary Folk
Dance
Dream Pop
Electronic
Electronic Dance Music
Electropop
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Folk
Garage Rock
Hip Hop
IDM
Indie Folk
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Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
February 7, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
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2
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Mystery Jets - Radlands
April 30, 2012
Folk Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
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Music
Spotify
3
.
JBM - Stray Ashes
May 22, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Father John Misty - Fear Fun
May 1, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Daniel Rossen - Silent Hour / Golden Mile
March 20, 2012
Indie Folk
Score
80
Source →
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Music
Spotify
6
.
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
January 24, 2012
Folk Pop
,
Indie Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Laura Gibson - La Grande
January 24, 2012
Folk
Score
80
Source →
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Music
Spotify
8
.
Mike Wexler - Dispossession
March 6, 2012
Psychedelic Folk
Score
80
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Music
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9
.
Darren Hayman and The Long Parliament - The Violence
November 5, 2012
Folk
Score
80
Source →
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Music
Spotify
10
.
Two Gallants - The Bloom and the Blight
September 4, 2012
Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Family of the Year - Loma Vista
July 10, 2012
Pop Rock
,
Folk Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Six Organs of Admittance - Ascent
August 21, 2012
Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
13
.
Eugene McGuinness - The Invitation to the Voyage
August 6, 2012
Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Neil Halstead - Palindrome Hunches
September 11, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
M. Ward - A Wasteland Companion
April 10, 2012
Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains - E Volo Love
February 14, 2012
Indie Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
17
.
Lucy Rose - Like I Used To
September 24, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth
October 2, 2012
Indie Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Grizzly Bear - Shields
September 18, 2012
Indie Rock
,
Indie Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Dry The River - Shallow Bed
April 17, 2012
Indie Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Half Moon Run - Dark Eyes
March 27, 2012
Indie Rock
,
Folk Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Bob Dylan - Tempest
September 10, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Cult of Youth - Love Will Prevail
September 4, 2012
Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Gravenhurst - The Ghost in Daylight
May 1, 2012
Contemporary Folk
,
Slowcore
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
James Yorkston - I Was a Cat from a Book
August 13, 2012
Folk
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 2012.
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