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Highest Rated Folk Albums of 2016
Decade
2010s
All Time
2020s
2010s
Source
FLOOD Magazine
Genre
Folk
All
Alternative R&B
Alternative Rock
Art Pop
Contemporary Folk
Country
Electronic
Electropop
Folk
Folk Rock
Hip Hop
Indie Pop
Indie Rock
Neo-Psychedelia
Pop
Post-Punk
Psychedelia
Psychedelic Pop
Psychedelic Rock
Punk
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
Synthpop
2010s
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
1
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Andy Shauf - The Party
May 20, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Score
90
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2
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Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
October 21, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
Score
80
Source →
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Music
Spotify
3
.
Steve Gunn - Eyes on the Lines
June 3, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
April 15, 2016
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
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Music
Spotify
5
.
Whitney - Light Upon The Lake
June 3, 2016
Indie Folk
,
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
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Music
Spotify
6
.
Glenn Jones - Fleeting
March 18, 2016
American Primitivism
Score
80
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7
.
Cian Nugent - Night Fiction
January 29, 2016
Folk Rock
,
Blues Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
70
Source →
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Music
Spotify
8
.
John K. Samson - Winter Wheat
October 21, 2016
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Weyes Blood - Front Row Seat to Earth
October 21, 2016
Psychedelic Folk
,
Baroque Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
William Tyler - Modern Country
June 3, 2016
Folk
,
Folk Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
case/lang/veirs - case/lang/veirs
June 17, 2016
Folk
,
Chamber Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Andrew Bird - Are You Serious
April 1, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
,
Chamber Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Doug Tuttle - It Calls on Me
February 19, 2016
Psychedelic Pop
,
Folk Rock
,
Psychedelic Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Woods - City Sun Eater in the River Of Light
April 8, 2016
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Indie Rock
,
Psychedelic Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
M. Ward - More Rain
March 4, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Nap Eyes - Thought Rock Fish Scale
February 5, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Folk Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Damien Jurado - Visions of Us on the Land
March 18, 2016
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Slow Club - One Day All of This Won’t Matter Any More
August 19, 2016
Folk Rock
,
Folk Pop
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Hiss Golden Messenger - Heart Like a Levee
October 7, 2016
Indie Folk
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Neil Young - Peace Trail
December 9, 2016
Folk Rock
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Villagers - Where Have You Been All My Life?
January 8, 2016
Indie Folk
Score
50
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 2016.
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