Best Avant-Folk Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
71	The Glow Pt. 2 - The Microphones	2001	88.3	83.6	93	90.6	86.1	94.4	83	87.2
217	Ys - Joanna Newsom	2006	86.1	81.2	87	89	88.2	90.4	81	86
278	The Dance of the Moon and the Sun - Natural Snow Buildings	2006	85.6	80.8	86	88.6	89	92.2	78	84.6
296	Mount Eerie - The Microphones	2003	85.5	80.8	93	88	85.3	92	79	80.2
508	Milagre dos Peixes - Milton Nascimento	1973	84.2	78.8	80	86.4	88.4	91.8	78	86
630	Heavy Metal - Cameron Winter	2024	83.7	79.6	87	85.2	85.3	95	78	75.6
649	Microphones in 2020 - The Microphones	2020	83.6	79	85	85.6	87	92.2	78	78.4
650	Giles Corey - Giles Corey	2011	83.6	77	82	86.8	85.6	94.2	77	82.6
653	Minas - Milton Nascimento	1975	83.6	77.8	85	86.1	87.8	91.4	77	80
674	First Utterance - Comus	1971	83.5	80.6	80	84	86	89.8	79	85
891	Desertshore - Nico	1970	82.7	77.6	90	82.4	81.8	88.2	77	82
914	SINNER GET READY - Lingua Ignota	2021	82.6	77.4	86	86	85.5	91	77	75.6
1225	Bad Timing - Jim O'Rourke	1997	81.8	77.6	80	82.8	84.3	89.8	78	80.2
1356	Starsailor - Tim Buckley	1970	81.5	76.2	93	79.4	77.3	86.8	76	82
1667	Ghost Tropic - Songs: Ohia	2000	80.9	79.2	75	84.5	81	88.4	76	82
1701	Hi, How Are You: The Unfinished Album - Daniel Johnston	1983	80.8	74.4	89	81.3	80.3	86.8	74	80
1710	Night Palace - Mount Eerie	2024	80.8	76.8	82	83.2	79	93.6	75	76
1831	The Marble Index - Nico	1968	80.6	76.4	85	80.7	79.7	88.2	76	78
1911	22, A Million - Bon Iver	2016	80.4	70.8	87	82.3	82.4	88.4	78	74
1970	How I Loved You - The Angels of Light	2001	80.3	76.2	72	83.3	81.5	87.4	80	81.6
1982	Crack-Up - Fleet Foxes	2017	80.3	73.8	81	82.3	82	86.6	78	78.2
1999	Sung Tongs - Animal Collective	2004	80.2	74	84	81.5	80.7	88.4	77	76
2073	Drinking Songs - Matt Elliott	2005	80.1	74.6	76	81.1	84.9	87.8	75	81.2
2104	Peasant - Richard Dawson	2017	80	74.4	84	80.9	80.3	89.6	75	76
2110	It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water - The Microphones	2000	80	74	82	81.1	78.6	89.4	79	76
2161	Wind's Poem - Mount Eerie	2009	79.9	74.2	84	81.9	78.2	87.2	76	78
2193	World of Echo - Arthur Russell	1986	79.9	75.6	71	80.3	82.4	91.8	76	82
2240	The Lemon of Pink - The Books	2003	79.8	73.8	85	79.3	81.1	84.4	77	78
2275	False Lankum - Lankum	2023	79.7	74.2	87	76.4	75.9	93.2	74	77.4
2343	Yhä hämärää - Paavoharju	2005	79.6	73.8	74	80.3	80.7	92.4	76	80
2525	SAVED! - Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter	2023	79.3	73.2	80	81.9	83	89.8	77	70
2597	The End... - Nico	1974	79.1	73.8	80	81.9	78.3	85.8	76	78
2623	2020 - Richard Dawson	2019	79.1	72.2	85	78.9	78.9	89.4	75	74
2834	White Chalk - PJ Harvey	2007	78.7	74	78	80.2	79.9	85.8	77	76
2856	Clear Moon - Mount Eerie	2012	78.7	72.2	81	80.4	75.8	86.2	77	78
2888	Now Only - Mount Eerie	2018	78.6	73	83	79.4	79.5	87.2	74	74
3136	Lorca - Tim Buckley	1970	78.1	75.8	67	79.9	82.8	84.2	77	80
3185	You Belong There - Daniel Rossen	2022	78	72.6	81	77.6	76.2	90.4	74	74
3337	Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt - John Frusciante	1994	77.6	72.2	62	76.9	84.5	90	78	79.8
3343	The Air Force - Xiu Xiu	2006	77.6	74.2	75	81.5	78.4	82.2	74	78
3363	Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin - Eartheater	2020	77.6	71.8	76	78.3	81.2	91.8	74	70
3485	My New Band Believe - My New Band Believe	2026	77.3	71.4	84	77.7	74.1	92.8	75	66
3547	Los Ángeles - ROSALÍA	2017	77.2	72	75	77.9	77.4	84.8	77	76
3747	goodbye, world! - miffle	2025	76.6	72.2	80	78.4	75.5	93.4	73	64
3957	Biophilia - Björk	2011	76.1	67.6	80	78	75.4	85.4	74	72
4381	EXCELSIOR - Slauson Malone 1	2023	74.8	70	79	76.1	73.1	93.4	66	66
4429	leaving meaning. - Swans	2019	74.6	69.6	76	73.8	72.8	87.2	73	70
4431	Fossora - Björk	2022	74.6	68	80	76	73.8	87.6	71	66
4494	Music From The Penguin Café - Penguin Cafe Orchestra	1976	74.4	73.2	60	76.3	73.7	87.6	74	76
4707	Sauna - Mount Eerie	2015	73.5	68	75	73.4	71.3	83.6	71	72
4881	Common As Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood - Sun Kil Moon	2017	72.4	67.6	64	75.7	76.4	80.8	74	68

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