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Highest Rated Folk Albums of 2012
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Alternative Rock
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Sun Kil Moon - Among The Leaves
May 29, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
90
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2
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The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth
October 2, 2012
Indie Folk
Score
90
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3
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Bill Fay - Life Is People
August 21, 2012
Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Meursault - Something for the Weakened
July 16, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Six Organs of Admittance - Ascent
August 21, 2012
Folk
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
6
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Bob Dylan - Tempest
September 10, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Score
80
Source →
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Music
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7
.
Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
February 7, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
,
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
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Music
Spotify
8
.
Marissa Nadler - The Sister
May 29, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
,
Indie Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Neil Halstead - Palindrome Hunches
September 11, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Dark Dark Dark - Who Needs Who
October 2, 2012
Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
James Yorkston - I Was a Cat from a Book
August 13, 2012
Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Sam Lee - Ground of Its Own
June 25, 2012
Chamber Folk
,
Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Darren Hayman and The Long Parliament - The Violence
November 5, 2012
Folk
Score
75
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
The Staves - Dead & Born & Grown
November 12, 2012
Folk
Score
75
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Lucy Rose - Like I Used To
September 24, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
75
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny - Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose
February 28, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Chamber Pop
,
Art Pop
,
Folk Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Grizzly Bear - Shields
September 18, 2012
Indie Rock
,
Indie Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Poor Moon - Poor Moon
August 28, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Folk Pop
,
Indie Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
19
.
Angus Stone - Broken Brights
July 17, 2012
Indie Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Eugene McGuinness - The Invitation to the Voyage
August 6, 2012
Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Husky - Forever So
July 10, 2012
Indie Folk
Score
65
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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