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The Best Folk Albums of 2021 by User Score

Decade
Genre
Min. Ratings
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2020
2021

1.

Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready
August 6th, 2021
USER SCORE
83
1,143 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - A Beginner’s Mind
September 24th, 2021
USER SCORE
82
855 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Clairo - Sling
July 16th, 2021
USER SCORE
75
1,325 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince
April 23rd, 2021
USER SCORE
75
210 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Lord Huron - Long Lost
May 21st, 2021
USER SCORE
75
282 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Wardruna - Kvitravn
January 22nd, 2021
USER SCORE
73
202 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Cory Hanson - Pale Horse Rider
April 16th, 2021
USER SCORE
73
82 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

The Killers - Pressure Machine
August 13th, 2021
USER SCORE
72
609 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Laura Stevenson - Laura Stevenson
August 6th, 2021
USER SCORE
72
95 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Yasmin Williams - Urban Driftwood
January 29th, 2021
USER SCORE
72
85 ratings
Amazon

11.

Mon Laferte - SEIS
April 8th, 2021
USER SCORE
72
59 ratings
Amazon

12.

Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi - They're Calling Me Home
April 9th, 2021
USER SCORE
72
95 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
February 26th, 2021
USER SCORE
72
892 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Squirrel Flower - Planet (i)
June 25th, 2021
USER SCORE
72
75 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

The Mountain Goats - Dark in Here
June 25th, 2021
USER SCORE
72
137 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Typhoon - Sympathetic Magic
January 22nd, 2021
USER SCORE
72
72 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Birdy - Young Heart
April 30th, 2021
USER SCORE
71
160 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Katy Kirby - Cool Dry Place
February 19th, 2021
USER SCORE
71
248 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Lael Neale - Acquainted with Night
February 19th, 2021
USER SCORE
71
109 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Kings of Convenience - Peace Or Love
June 18th, 2021
USER SCORE
70
150 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

The Staves - Good Woman
February 5th, 2021
USER SCORE
70
249 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

The Felice Brothers - From Dreams to Dust
September 17th, 2021
USER SCORE
70
50 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Ben Howard - Collections From The Whiteout
March 26th, 2021
USER SCORE
70
136 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Indigo Sparke - echo
February 19th, 2021
USER SCORE
70
138 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks Of God
April 30th, 2021
USER SCORE
70
232 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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