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The Best Indie Folk Albums of the 2000s by User Score
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1
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The Microphones - The Glow, Pt. 2
September 11th, 2001
Indie Folk
,
Psychedelic Folk
USER SCORE
92
5,663 ratings
Amazon
Music
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2
.
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
July 5th, 2005
Chamber Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
91
4,862 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
July 8th, 2007
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
87
3,937 ratings
Amazon
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Spotify
4
.
Elliott Smith - Figure 8
April 18th, 2000
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Pop
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
86
1,208 ratings
Amazon
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5
.
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
January 25th, 2005
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
85
1,637 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
June 3rd, 2008
Chamber Folk
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
85
2,384 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Bright Eyes - Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
August 13th, 2002
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
85
423 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Jeff Mangum - Live at Jittery Joe's
August 28th, 2001
Indie Folk
,
Indie Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
85
111 ratings
Amazon
9
.
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan
July 1st, 2003
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
USER SCORE
84
1,543 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Jordaan Mason & the Horse Museum - Divorce Lawyers I Shaved My Head
June 6th, 2009
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
84
314 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
The Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas
February 19th, 2002
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
84
369 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Mount Eerie - Dawn
November 1st, 2008
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
84
532 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
October 3rd, 2006
Indie Folk
,
Indie Pop
USER SCORE
83
316 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
May 26th, 2009
Psychedelic Folk
,
Indie Folk
,
Psychedelic Pop
USER SCORE
83
1,036 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
April 26th, 2005
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
83
313 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Gregory & The Hawk - Moenie and Kitchi
October 7th, 2008
Indie Folk
,
Folk Pop
USER SCORE
82
198 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Beirut - Lon Gisland
January 30th, 2007
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
82
60 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
April 5th, 2005
Indie Rock
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
82
108 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
The Decemberists - Picaresque
March 22nd, 2005
Chamber Pop
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
82
248 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Gregory Alan Isakov - This Empty Northern Hemisphere
May 13th, 2009
Americana
,
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
82
172 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
The Mountain Goats - Tallahassee
November 5th, 2002
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
82
297 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
September 5th, 2006
Indie Folk
,
Psychedelic Folk
USER SCORE
82
531 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Dear Nora - Mountain Rock
May 18th, 2004
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
82
43 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Right Away, Great Captain! - The Bitter End
January 14th, 2007
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
82
39 ratings
Amazon
25
.
Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
September 25th, 2007
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
82
238 ratings
Amazon
Music
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