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Highest Rated Folk Albums of 2015
Decade
2010s
All Time
2020s
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Source
Spectrum Culture
Genre
Folk
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Alternative Rock
Art Pop
Contemporary Folk
Dance
Dance-Pop
Electronic
Folk
Hip Hop
Indie Folk
Indie Pop
Indie Rock
Metal
Neo-Psychedelia
Pop
Pop Rock
Post-Punk
Psychedelia
Punk
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
Soul
Synthpop
2010s
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
1
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Joanna Newsom - Divers
October 23, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
2
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Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
February 10, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Mount Eerie - Sauna
February 3, 2015
Avant-Folk
,
Drone
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Lady Lamb - After
March 3, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
The Amazing - Picture You
February 17, 2015
Folk Rock
Score
75
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Ryley Walker - Primrose Green
March 31, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
Score
75
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Laura Marling - Short Movie
March 23, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
75
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Buffy Sainte-Marie - Power in the Blood
May 12, 2015
Folk
,
Folk Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Jessica Pratt - On Your Own Love Again
January 27, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Samantha Crain - Under Branch & Thorn & Tree
July 17, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
,
Americana
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
12
.
Sharon Van Etten - I Don't Want To Let You Down
June 9, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Villagers - Darling Arithmetic
April 14, 2015
Indie Folk
,
Folk Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Elephant Micah - Where In Our Woods
January 20, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Kurt Vile - b'lieve i'm goin down
September 25, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
,
Psychedelic Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Richard Thompson - Still
June 23, 2015
Folk Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
The Decemberists - What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World
January 20, 2015
Indie Folk
Score
65
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Houndmouth - Little Neon Limelight
March 17, 2015
Alt-Country
,
Folk Rock
,
Americana
Score
65
Source →
Amazon
Music
19
.
The Mountain Goats - Beat the Champ
April 7, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
,
Folk Rock
Score
65
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Of Monsters and Men - Beneath the Skin
June 9, 2015
Pop Rock
,
Folk
,
Folk Pop
Score
65
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield - Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliott Smith
March 17, 2015
Indie Folk
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
22
.
Sun Kil Moon - Universal Themes
June 2, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
,
Folk Rock
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
The Tallest Man On Earth - Dark Bird Is Home
May 12, 2015
Contemporary Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Suuns and Jerusalem in My Heart - Suuns and Jerusalem in My Heart
April 14, 2015
Avant-Folk
Score
55
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Iron and Wine & Ben Bridwell - Sing Into My Mouth
July 17, 2015
Americana
,
Folk Rock
Score
45
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 2015.
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