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The Best Indie Folk Albums of All Time by User Score

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1. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

February 10th, 1998

USER SCORE

92

1476 reviews

2. The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2

The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2

September 25th, 2001

USER SCORE

91

593 reviews

3. Joanna Newsom - Ys

Joanna Newsom - Ys

November 14th, 2006

USER SCORE

90

425 reviews

4. Elliott Smith - Either/Or

Elliott Smith - Either/Or

February 25th, 1997

USER SCORE

89

356 reviews

5. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell

March 31st, 2015

USER SCORE

88

1624 reviews

6. Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me

Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me

February 23rd, 2010

USER SCORE

86

252 reviews

7. Jordaan Mason & The Horse Museum - Divorce Lawyers I Shaved My Head

Jordaan Mason & The Horse Museum - Divorce Lawyers I Shaved My Head

June 6th, 2009

USER SCORE

86

28 reviews

8. Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith

Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith

July 21st, 1995

USER SCORE

86

149 reviews

9. Beirut - Lon Gisland

Beirut - Lon Gisland

January 30th, 2007

USER SCORE

86

31 reviews

10. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

July 8th, 2007

USER SCORE

86

901 reviews

11. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness

January 19th, 1999

USER SCORE

86

114 reviews

12. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me

Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me

March 24th, 2017

USER SCORE

86

927 reviews

13. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

May 3rd, 2011

USER SCORE

86

625 reviews

14. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver

Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver

June 21st, 2011

USER SCORE

85

985 reviews

15. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

June 3rd, 2008

USER SCORE

85

654 reviews

16. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

January 25th, 2005

USER SCORE

85

242 reviews

17. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

May 26th, 2009

USER SCORE

85

451 reviews

18. Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State

Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State

July 1st, 2003

USER SCORE

85

335 reviews

19. Joanna Newsom - Joanna Newsom and the Ys Street Band

Joanna Newsom - Joanna Newsom and the Ys Street Band

April 9th, 2007

USER SCORE

84

26 reviews

20. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife

The Decemberists - The Crane Wife

October 3rd, 2006

USER SCORE

84

126 reviews

21. The Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas

The Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas

February 19th, 2002

USER SCORE

84

71 reviews

22. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear

Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear

February 10th, 2015

USER SCORE

84

1127 reviews

23. Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender

Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender

March 23rd, 2004

USER SCORE

84

179 reviews

24. Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem

Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem

August 18th, 2009

USER SCORE

83

85 reviews

25. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House

Grizzly Bear - Yellow House

September 5th, 2006

USER SCORE

83

218 reviews

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