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The Best Folk Rock Albums of the 1980s by User Score
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Folk Rock
1980s
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1
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Luis Alberto Spinetta - Kamikaze
April 8th, 1982
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
,
Progressive Folk
,
Jazz-Rock
USER SCORE
85
76 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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2
.
Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park
February 16th, 1982
Folk Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Pop Rock
,
Folk Rock
USER SCORE
84
18 ratings
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iTunes
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3
.
Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
April 5th, 1988
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
,
Folk Pop
USER SCORE
82
485 ratings
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4
.
Legião Urbana - Dois
July 2nd, 1986
Post-Punk
,
Folk Rock
USER SCORE
81
143 ratings
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5
.
The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
January 18th, 1988
Folk Rock
USER SCORE
81
121 ratings
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6
.
The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues
October 1st, 1988
Folk Rock
USER SCORE
80
73 ratings
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iTunes
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7
.
The Waterboys - A Pagan Place
June 1st, 1984
Pop Rock
,
Folk Rock
,
Heartland Rock
USER SCORE
80
20 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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8
.
Elvis Costello - King of America
February 21st, 1986
Pop Rock
,
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
79
43 ratings
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9
.
Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session
January 1st, 1988
Alt-Country
,
Folk Rock
USER SCORE
79
63 ratings
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10
.
The Waterboys - This Is the Sea
September 16th, 1985
Pop Rock
,
Folk Rock
,
Sophisti-Pop
,
Piano Rock
USER SCORE
79
84 ratings
Amazon
Spotify
11
.
Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights
March 15th, 1982
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
78
66 ratings
Amazon
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12
.
The Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional
March 1st, 1986
Jangle Pop
,
Folk Rock
USER SCORE
77
25 ratings
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13
.
Billy Bragg - Talking with the Taxman about Poetry
September 1st, 1986
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
77
38 ratings
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14
.
American Music Club - California
November 10th, 1988
Folk Rock
,
Alt-Country
,
Americana
USER SCORE
76
21 ratings
Amazon
15
.
Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy
September 18th, 1989
Folk Rock
,
Pop Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
75
195 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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16
.
The Triffids - Calenture
November 1st, 1987
Indie Pop
,
Pop Rock
,
Jangle Pop
,
Folk Rock
USER SCORE
74
22 ratings
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17
.
Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
October 18th, 1988
Pop Rock
,
Folk Rock
,
Country Rock
,
Roots Rock
USER SCORE
74
111 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
18
.
Billy Bragg - Life's a Riot with Spy Vs Spy
May 1st, 1983
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Punk
,
Folk Rock
USER SCORE
72
68 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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19
.
Billy Bragg - Brewing Up with Billy Bragg
November 1st, 1984
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
USER SCORE
71
17 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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20
.
Paul Simon - One-Trick Pony
August 12th, 1980
Folk Rock
,
Pop Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Soft Rock
USER SCORE
66
36 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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21
.
Neil Young - Hawks & Doves
November 3rd, 1980
Folk Rock
,
Acoustic Rock
,
Country Rock
USER SCORE
64
56 ratings
Amazon
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22
.
Bob Dylan & Grateful Dead - Dylan & the Dead
February 6th, 1989
Folk Rock
,
Psychedelic Rock
USER SCORE
52
16 ratings
Amazon
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Music
23
.
Jethro Tull - The Broadsword and the Beast
April 10th, 1982
Progressive Rock
,
Folk Rock
USER SCORE
51
24 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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