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The Best Folk Albums of 2017

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2017

1. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me

Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me

March 24, 2017

Critic Score

91

17 reviews

2. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Live

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Live

April 28, 2017

Critic Score

89

5 reviews

3. Richard Dawson - Peasant

Richard Dawson - Peasant

June 2, 2017

Critic Score

85

11 reviews

4. Offa Rex - The Queen of Hearts

Offa Rex - The Queen of Hearts

July 14, 2017

Critic Score

84

8 reviews

5. Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights

Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights

October 27, 2017

Critic Score

84

28 reviews

6. The Weather Station - The Weather Station

The Weather Station - The Weather Station

October 6, 2017

Critic Score

84

10 reviews

7. Circuit Des Yeux - Reaching for Indigo

Circuit Des Yeux - Reaching for Indigo

October 20, 2017

Critic Score

83

11 reviews

8. Laura Marling - Semper Femina

Laura Marling - Semper Femina

March 10, 2017

Critic Score

83

33 reviews

9. Robert Plant - Carry Fire

Robert Plant - Carry Fire

October 13, 2017

Critic Score

82

12 reviews

10. Jesca Hoop - Memories Are Now

Jesca Hoop - Memories Are Now

February 10, 2017

Critic Score

82

12 reviews

11. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up

Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up

June 16, 2017

Critic Score

82

35 reviews

12. Bedouine - Bedouine

Bedouine - Bedouine

June 23, 2017

Critic Score

82

8 reviews

13. Neil Young - Hitchhiker

Neil Young - Hitchhiker

September 8, 2017

Critic Score

82

15 reviews

14. Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway

Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway

February 24, 2017

Critic Score

82

11 reviews

15. Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Navigator

Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Navigator

March 10, 2017

Critic Score

81

18 reviews

16. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps

Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps

September 22, 2017

Critic Score

81

15 reviews

17. Six Organs of Admittance - Burning the Threshold

Six Organs of Admittance - Burning the Threshold

February 24, 2017

Critic Score

80

5 reviews

18. Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness

Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness

January 27, 2017

Critic Score

80

18 reviews

19. Aldous Harding - Party

Aldous Harding - Party

May 19, 2017

Critic Score

80

12 reviews

20. Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice

Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice

October 13, 2017

Critic Score

80

33 reviews

21. Feist - Pleasure

Feist - Pleasure

April 28, 2017

Critic Score

79

33 reviews

22. Michael Chapman - 50

Michael Chapman - 50

January 20, 2017

Critic Score

79

7 reviews

23. James Elkington - Wintres Woma

James Elkington - Wintres Woma

June 30, 2017

Critic Score

78

8 reviews

24. Aimee Mann - Mental Illness

Aimee Mann - Mental Illness

March 31, 2017

Critic Score

78

13 reviews

25. Kevin Morby - City Music

Kevin Morby - City Music

June 16, 2017

Critic Score

78

20 reviews

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