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The Best Indie Folk Albums of the 1990s by User Score
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Indie Folk
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1
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Elliott Smith - Either/Or
February 25th, 1997
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
90
3,577 ratings
Amazon
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Spotify
2
.
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
February 10th, 1998
Indie Folk
,
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
89
8,669 ratings
Amazon
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Spotify
3
.
Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith
July 21st, 1995
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
87
1,943 ratings
Amazon
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Spotify
4
.
Jim O'Rourke - Halfway to a Threeway
November 22nd, 1999
Chamber Pop
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
83
164 ratings
Amazon
5
.
Kleenex Girl Wonder - Ponyoak
Power Pop
,
Slacker Rock
,
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
82
33 ratings
Amazon
6
.
Lullaby for the Working Class - I Never Even Asked for Light
October 21st, 1997
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
82
16 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Elliott Smith - Roman Candle
July 14th, 1994
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
81
955 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Bright Eyes - Every Day and Every Night
November 1st, 1999
Indie Rock
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
79
57 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island
March 26th, 1996
Psychedelic Folk
,
Slacker Rock
,
Indie Folk
,
Noise Pop
USER SCORE
78
1,132 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
The Mountain Goats - Hot Garden Stomp
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
77
12 ratings
Amazon
11
.
Louise Attaque - Louise Attaque
April 22nd, 1997
Folk Rock
,
Folk Punk
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
77
12 ratings
Amazon
12
.
Bright Eyes - Letting Off the Happiness
November 2nd, 1998
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Slacker Rock
USER SCORE
76
167 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Ani DiFranco - Little Plastic Castle
February 17th, 1998
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
76
18 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
The Mountain Goats - Full Force Galesburg
June 10th, 1997
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
75
50 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Kristin Hersh - Hips and Makers
January 25th, 1994
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
,
Alternative Rock
USER SCORE
75
27 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
The Mountain Goats - Zopilote Machine
July 11th, 1994
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
73
66 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Spanish Dance Troupe
October 19th, 1999
Folk Rock
,
Indie Folk
,
Indie Pop
,
Psychedelic Folk
USER SCORE
73
14 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Palace Brothers - There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You
June 7th, 1993
Alt-Country
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
72
19 ratings
Amazon
Music
19
.
The Mountain Goats - Nothing for Juice
August 19th, 1996
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
71
35 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
The Mountain Goats - Sweden
August 7th, 1995
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
71
55 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Neutral Milk Hotel - Beauty
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
70
12 ratings
Amazon
22
.
The Mountain Goats - Taboo VI: The Homecoming
May 0th, 1992
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
68
10 ratings
Amazon
23
.
Bright Eyes - A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997
January 0th, 1998
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
65
73 ratings
Amazon
Music
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