Best Americana Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
220	The Magnolia Electric Co. - Songs: Ohia	2003	86.1	82.4	83	88.6	87.9	92.2	82	86.4
238	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco	2001	85.9	79	91	86.2	83.2	92	85	85
404	Ghosts of the Great Highway - Sun Kil Moon	2003	84.7	81	82	86.9	84.7	91.6	82	84.8
461	Bone Machine - Tom Waits	1992	84.5	79.2	89	84.2	85.6	88.2	79	86
501	Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You - Big Thief	2022	84.2	79.8	86	86.4	85.5	89.4	83	79.4
599	The Band - The Band	1969	83.8	75.8	96	79.6	78.6	89.4	81	86
625	Didn't It Rain - Songs: Ohia	2002	83.7	78.8	88	84.5	82.7	90.4	77	84.4
630	Heavy Metal - Cameron Winter	2024	83.7	79.6	87	85.2	85.3	95	78	75.6
647	American Beauty - Grateful Dead	1970	83.6	72.8	100	77.2	79.1	91.2	80	85
680	Preacher’s Daughter - Ethel Cain	2022	83.5	74.2	85	86.1	89.6	96.6	74	78.8
689	Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains	2019	83.4	78.6	86	83	84.7	93	79	79.8
825	Wrecking Ball - Emmylou Harris	1995	82.9	75.8	90	80.6	83.2	91.2	78	81.6
894	American Water - Silver Jews	1998	82.7	77.8	84	83.1	82.4	91.4	78	82.2
921	Lost Weekend - Phoebe Bridgers	2026	82.6	72.4	91	83.6	82.2	96.4	76	76.8
927	Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You - Ethel Cain	2025	82.6	75.2	83	84.5	83.7	96.2	76	79.6
959	Michigan - Sufjan Stevens	2003	82.5	77	87	84.2	82.5	86.8	80	79.8
966	Mule Variations - Tom Waits	1999	82.5	77.4	79	83.5	84.9	89.4	79	84
1020	Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen	1982	82.3	77.6	81	83.2	82.5	87.8	80	84
1068	Benji - Sun Kil Moon	2014	82.2	75	83	83.5	85.1	89.2	80	79.6
1116	I See a Darkness - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy	1999	82.1	74.8	86	82	80.1	90.8	79	81.8
1134	Lost in the Dream - The War on Drugs	2014	82	72.4	85	82.3	81.4	90.2	82	81
1136	Songs From Suicide Bridge - David Kauffman & Eric Caboor	1984	82	79.6	77	87.3	79.7	87.4	78	85.2
1258	Bright Future - Adrianne Lenker	2024	81.7	75.8	87	82.9	82.4	91.4	78	74.6
1380	Southeastern - Jason Isbell	2013	81.5	75.4	84	80.4	77.2	92.2	76	85.2
1506	American IV: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash	2002	81.2	77.4	69	82.2	84.3	90.8	81	83.6
1548	MY WOMAN - Angel Olsen	2016	81.1	72.8	86	82.5	83.6	88	79	76
1636	Fox Confessor Brings the Flood - Neko Case	2006	80.9	74.8	84	81.1	80.7	87.8	78	80.2
1647	American III: Solitary Man - Johnny Cash	2000	80.9	76.8	81	80.9	81.2	89	78	79.4
1673	American Recordings - Johnny Cash	1994	80.9	74.4	92	79.7	75.8	87.2	79	78
1705	American V: A Hundred Highways - Johnny Cash	2006	80.8	74	84	80.1	82.9	86.8	78	80
1735	Car Wheels on a Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams	1998	80.8	74.4	91	77.7	73.4	90.2	78	80.6
1804	Tallahassee - The Mountain Goats	2002	80.6	77	77	82.3	82.9	88	77	80.2
1818	boygenius - boygenius	2018	80.6	71.6	83	81.6	87	92	77	72
1823	Alligator - The National	2005	80.6	74.8	78	79.9	78.8	87.6	80	85
1876	Traveller - Chris Stapleton	2015	80.5	71.4	84	78.9	83.2	93	75	78
1884	The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We - Mitski	2023	80.5	73.8	88	82.6	82.5	90.4	76	70
1908	The Rime of Memory - Panopticon	2023	80.4	74.8	79	78.5	79	95.8	74	81.8
1947	Harvest Moon - Neil Young	1992	80.3	75.4	77	81.1	83.2	88.8	79	77.8
2011	Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle - Bill Callahan	2009	80.2	75.4	80	80.4	77.8	90.8	79	78
2019	Comes a Time - Neil Young	1978	80.2	72.8	95	78.4	78.2	83	78	76
2219	Same Trailer Different Park - Kacey Musgraves	2013	79.8	73.2	84	79.2	79	88.4	77	78
2254	Capacity - Big Thief	2017	79.8	73.2	82	81.3	82	88.8	77	74
2286	She Hangs Brightly - Mazzy Star	1990	79.7	72.4	80	79.3	82.1	89.8	78	76.4
2296	Our Endless Numbered Days - Iron & Wine	2004	79.7	71.8	81	80.4	80.7	87.8	77	79.2
2401	The Creek Drank The Cradle - Iron & Wine	2002	79.5	72.8	81	80.4	81.2	86.2	77	78
2446	evermore - Taylor Swift	2020	79.4	68.2	84	81.2	86.6	94	74	68
2451	Song Cycle - Van Dyke Parks	1967	79.4	70.6	90	76.2	83.3	85.8	76	74
2489	Time (The Revelator) - Gillian Welch	2001	79.3	75	82	79.5	71.6	88.6	77	81.6
2495	The Shepherd's Dog - Iron & Wine	2007	79.3	72	85	81.4	75.1	86.8	77	78
2609	Flood - They Might Be Giants	1990	79.1	74.6	73	79.3	80.4	88.2	77	81
2617	Masterpiece - Big Thief	2016	79.1	74.4	79	80.8	82.6	88.6	78	70
2725	Heartbreaker - Ryan Adams	2000	78.9	71.4	79	77	75.5	90	77	82.4
2755	New Adventures in Hi-Fi - R.E.M.	1996	78.9	72.6	83	78.2	79.2	86	77	76
2795	All Delighted People EP - Sufjan Stevens	2010	78.8	77.2	66	83.9	85.5	82.8	78	78
2796	Absolutely - Dijon	2021	78.8	72.6	71	80.9	82.9	96.2	72	75.8
2799	Rough and Rowdy Ways - Bob Dylan	2020	78.8	70	89	74	77.2	89.2	76	76
2829	Two Hands - Big Thief	2019	78.7	72	83	79.8	79.6	87.6	77	72
2899	House of Sugar - (Sandy) Alex G	2019	78.6	72.8	80	77.3	78.3	89.6	76	76
2920	The Trinity Session - Cowboy Junkies	1988	78.5	71.8	83	75	77.1	88.8	76	78
3010	Tigers Blood - Waxahatchee	2024	78.4	69.4	87	75	74.7	91.4	76	75
3176	Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan	2023	78	71.8	78	79.3	80.3	91.6	73	72
3197	Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? - Kara Jackson	2023	77.9	70.8	84	78.9	74.9	90.4	72	74.6
3232	Sky Blue Sky - Wilco	2007	77.9	71.4	75	79.4	80.7	89.6	77	72
3237	God Save the Animals - Alex G	2022	77.9	71.8	83	75	73.6	90	76	75.6
3278	Raising Sand - Robert Plant	2007	77.8	71.6	82	72	79.2	87.6	74	78
3357	Saint Cloud - Waxahatchee	2020	77.6	67.8	82	75	77.8	90.6	76	74
3380	Starlite Walker - Silver Jews	1994	77.6	71.2	80	76	75.1	86.6	76	78
3402	Big Time - Angel Olsen	2022	77.5	70	85	77.7	75.6	88.2	74	72
3416	August and Everything After - Counting Crows	1993	77.5	69	68	77	82.4	90	73	82.8
3426	"Love And Theft" - Bob Dylan	2001	77.4	72.8	85	74.3	72	86.8	77	74
3492	Nothing's About to Happen to Me - Mitski	2026	77.3	67.6	85	76.9	74.5	93	74	70
3611	Rocket - (Sandy) Alex G	2017	77	71.8	76	77.1	78.2	90	74	72
3641	Modern Times - Bob Dylan	2006	76.9	70.8	86	76	74.8	84	75	72
3643	The Whole Love - Wilco	2011	76.9	70	81	76	74.5	85	76	76
3715	Fear Fun - Father John Misty	2012	76.7	69.2	78	75.7	76.7	87.6	76	74
3722	I Don't Live Here Anymore - The War on Drugs	2021	76.7	68.6	81	74	74.9	89.6	77	72
3852	The Great American Bar Scene - Zach Bryan	2024	76.4	72.6	72	77.5	77.1	92.4	73	70
3880	Blunderbuss - Jack White	2012	76.3	66.6	82	75	72.9	86.6	77	74
3994	Gold - Ryan Adams	2001	76	68.8	79	70.4	73.3	87.2	75	78
4240	COWBOY CARTER - Beyoncé	2024	75.3	65.4	86	76.5	77.9	92	69	60
4346	The Avalanche - Sufjan Stevens	2006	74.9	69	74	78.4	74.3	82.8	74	72
4469	The Archer - Alexandra Savior	2020	74.5	65.6	75	74.1	80.6	91.2	73	62
4537	Headlights - Alex G	2025	74.3	68.4	80	71	69.6	89.8	71	70
4552	Chemtrails Over the Country Club - Lana Del Rey	2021	74.2	63.8	81	76	76	89.6	75	58
4599	The Great Divide - Noah Kahan	2026	74	63	67	72.4	81.6	98	70	66
4669	Piano Man - Billy Joel	1973	73.7	68.6	65	75.4	75.8	82.8	74	74
4674	Father of the Bride - Vampire Weekend	2019	73.6	63.8	78	72	73	86.6	76	66
4688	Seek Shelter - Iceage	2021	73.6	65.6	80	74	70.2	86.2	73	66
4693	The King is Dead - The Decemberists	2011	73.5	66.2	73	72.2	76	85.4	74	68
4703	Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers - The National	2003	73.5	67.4	73	72.5	71.6	84	74	72
4802	American Stars 'n Bars - Neil Young	1977	72.9	69.8	68	74.3	71.9	80	74	72
4845	Deeper Well - Kacey Musgraves	2024	72.6	62.8	77	68.5	70.3	94.6	71	64
4890	Wilco (The Album) - Wilco	2009	72.3	65.8	76	72.4	69.6	81.4	75	66
4927	Holland - The Beach Boys	1973	72.1	70.2	61	76	73.5	82.2	74	68
4963	A.M. - Wilco	1995	71.9	65.4	74	69.6	68.8	85.4	74	66
4973	The Ghost of Tom Joad - Bruce Springsteen	1995	71.8	66.2	77	69.2	70.8	81.4	74	64
5327	The National - The National	2001	67.1	57.6	73	62.8	66.4	79.6	70	60

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