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The Best Folk Albums of 2020

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2020s
2020

1.

Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
June 18, 2020
Critic Score
87
39 reviews
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2.

Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter
April 10, 2020
Critic Score
87
30 reviews
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3.

Taylor Swift - folklore
July 24, 2020
Critic Score
86
33 reviews
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4.

The Microphones - Microphones in 2020
August 7, 2020
Critic Score
85
13 reviews
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5.

Shirley Collins - Heart's Ease
July 24, 2020
Critic Score
84
15 reviews
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6.

Adrianne Lenker - songs
October 23, 2020
Critic Score
84
22 reviews
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7.

Owen Pallett - Island
May 22, 2020
Critic Score
84
7 reviews
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8.

Fleet Foxes - Shore
September 22, 2020
Critic Score
82
25 reviews
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9.

Adrianne Lenker - instrumentals
October 23, 2020
Critic Score
82
16 reviews
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10.

Sam Lee - Old Wow
January 31, 2020
Critic Score
82
6 reviews
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11.

Yorkston / Thorne / Khan - Navarasa : Nine Emotions
January 24, 2020
Critic Score
82
6 reviews
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12.

Lomelda - Hannah
September 4, 2020
Critic Score
81
10 reviews
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13.

Keeley Forsyth - Debris
January 17, 2020
Critic Score
81
9 reviews
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14.

Blake Mills - Mutable Set
May 8, 2020
Critic Score
80
9 reviews
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15.

Eve Owen - Don't Let The Ink Dry
May 8, 2020
Critic Score
79
6 reviews
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16.

Brigid Mae Power - Head Above The Water
June 5, 2020
Critic Score
79
9 reviews
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17.

Owen - The Avalanche
June 19, 2020
Critic Score
79
9 reviews
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18.

Six Organs of Admittance - Companion Rises
February 21, 2020
Critic Score
79
7 reviews
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19.

Tunng - Presents ... Dead Club
November 6, 2020
Critic Score
79
6 reviews
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20.

Nadia Reid - Out of My Province
March 6, 2020
Critic Score
79
9 reviews
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21.

Christian Lee Hutson - Beginners
May 29, 2020
Critic Score
78
11 reviews
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22.

Angel Olsen - Whole New Mess
August 28, 2020
Critic Score
78
22 reviews
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23.

Fenne Lily - BREACH
September 18, 2020
Critic Score
78
12 reviews
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24.

Bright Eyes - Down in the Weeds Where the World Once Was
August 21, 2020
Critic Score
78
28 reviews
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25.

Arbouretum - Let It All In
March 20, 2020
Critic Score
77
6 reviews
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