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The Best Contemporary Folk Albums of All Time
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1
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Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
January 17, 1974
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Pop
Critic Score
100
5
reviews
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2
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Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
July 3, 1969
Chamber Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
99
5
reviews
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3
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Nick Drake - Pink Moon
February 25, 1972
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Critic Score
96
5
reviews
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4
.
Anaïs Mitchell - Hadestown
March 9, 2010
Americana
,
Alt-Country
,
Chamber Folk
,
Chamber Jazz
Critic Score
94
6
reviews
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5
.
The Microphones - Mount Eerie
January 21, 2003
Avant-Folk
,
Psychedelic Folk
Critic Score
93
5
reviews
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6
.
Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day
December 1, 1970
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
,
Contemporary Folk
Critic Score
92
5
reviews
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7
.
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
July 5, 2005
Chamber Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
91
26
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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8
.
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
91
47
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
9
.
Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
March 24, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
90
20
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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10
.
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
September 7, 1999
Indie Pop
,
Twee Pop
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
90
13
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
11
.
Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms
November 0, 1970
Singer-Songwriter
,
Psychedelic Folk
Critic Score
89
5
reviews
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iTunes
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12
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Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
October 21, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
Critic Score
89
32
reviews
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13
.
Sam Lee & Friends - The Fade In Time
June 16, 2015
Folk
,
Chamber Folk
Critic Score
89
8
reviews
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iTunes
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14
.
Joanna Newsom - Divers
October 23, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
,
Progressive Folk
Critic Score
89
43
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
15
.
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Live
April 28, 2017
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
89
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
16
.
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
June 18, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
88
43
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
17
.
Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
September 15, 2023
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Pop
Critic Score
88
29
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
18
.
Songs: Ohia - Didn't It Rain
March 5, 2002
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
,
Slowcore
,
Contemporary Folk
,
Alt-Country
Critic Score
88
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
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19
.
Augie March - Strange Bird
October 14, 2002
Chamber Folk
Critic Score
88
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
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20
.
boygenius - the record
March 31, 2023
Indie Rock
,
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
88
38
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
21
.
Arthur Russell - Picture of Bunny Rabbit
June 23, 2023
Avant-Folk
,
Ambient Pop
Critic Score
88
8
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
22
.
Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter
April 10, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Critic Score
88
32
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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23
.
Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith
July 21, 1995
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
87
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
24
.
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
February 10, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
87
42
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
25
.
Nina Nastasia - Riderless Horse
July 22, 2022
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Critic Score
87
11
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
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