Best Chamber Folk Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
77	Illinois - Sufjan Stevens	2005	88.1	82.8	92	90.6	87.7	91.4	86	86
83	Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen	1967	87.9	82.4	100	87.3	86.3	88.4	84	87
94	Carrie & Lowell - Sufjan Stevens	2015	87.7	81.8	91	89.1	88.2	92.2	86	85.8
103	Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake	1969	87.6	81	98	86.8	84.6	91.8	85	86
138	Songs of Love and Hate - Leonard Cohen	1971	86.9	81	98	86.1	86	88	83	86.4
217	Ys - Joanna Newsom	2006	86.1	81.2	87	89	88.2	90.4	81	86
257	De Todas las Flores - Natalia Lafourcade	2022	85.8	80	95	87.8	88.8	94.4	78	76.4
258	Astral Weeks - Van Morrison	1968	85.8	78.4	100	81.8	79	90.4	84	86.8
305	Bryter Layter - Nick Drake	1971	85.4	79.6	90	86.1	85.1	92	83	82
355	Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom	2010	85	81	85	88.7	90.5	87.4	81	81.6
377	If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle and Sebastian	1996	84.9	79.4	90	84.9	82.4	90	83	84.4
448	Divers - Joanna Newsom	2015	84.5	78.4	88	86	88.6	88.8	80	81.8
526	Parallelograms - Linda Perhacs	1970	84.1	77	89	84.6	85.2	90	81	82
559	Stormcock - Roy Harper	1971	83.9	76.4	90	81.8	86.2	90.2	79	84
574	Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel	1968	83.9	76.2	100	82.6	81.6	84.8	82	80
575	Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers	2020	83.9	75.4	88	86.4	88.3	92.4	80	76.6
606	Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes	2011	83.8	78	83	86.9	85.4	88.6	82	82.4
616	Secos & Molhados - Secos & Molhados	1973	83.7	76.2	90	84.3	87	91.6	79	78
630	Heavy Metal - Cameron Winter	2024	83.7	79.6	87	85.2	85.3	95	78	75.6
648	Javelin - Sufjan Stevens	2023	83.6	78.8	88	86.5	83.7	88.6	81	78.6
670	Just Another Diamond Day - Vashti Bunyan	1970	83.5	75.8	92	82.4	84	88.4	80	82
676	La question - Françoise Hardy	1971	83.5	75.6	93	82.9	85.9	92	77	78
891	Desertshore - Nico	1970	82.7	77.6	90	82.4	81.8	88.2	77	82
920	Halfway to a Threeway - Jim O'Rourke	1999	82.6	80.2	80	84.4	86.8	89.2	77	80.8
955	New Skin for the Old Ceremony - Leonard Cohen	1974	82.5	76.4	90	82	85	85	79	80
959	Michigan - Sufjan Stevens	2003	82.5	77	87	84.2	82.5	86.8	80	79.8
1004	I Love You, Honeybear - Father John Misty	2015	82.3	73.2	87	83.7	84.3	89.4	80	78.8
1034	The Milk-Eyed Mender - Joanna Newsom	2004	82.3	76.8	84	83.1	85.6	88.4	80	78
1041	You Want It Darker - Leonard Cohen	2016	82.3	74.4	89	81.2	83.2	89.8	79	79.2
1062	The Sunset Tree - The Mountain Goats	2005	82.2	77	78	82.1	85.8	90.6	79	83
1065	Bon Iver, Bon Iver - Bon Iver	2011	82.2	72.6	85	84.9	84.2	88.6	80	80.2
1095	Judee Sill - Judee Sill	1971	82.1	76.6	84	81.5	83.6	89.2	78	82
1154	Saint Dominic's Preview - Van Morrison	1972	82	76.8	90	80.3	78.2	86.6	80	82
1180	Curtains - John Frusciante	2005	81.9	73.6	80	79.9	86.1	93.2	78	82.6
1302	Stranger in the Alps - Phoebe Bridgers	2017	81.6	73.6	80	82.5	85.4	92.2	79	78.8
1321	Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme - Simon and Garfunkel	1966	81.6	75.8	88	79.8	80.9	84.6	80	82.2
1355	Scott 3 - Scott Walker	1969	81.5	76.8	80	80.6	82.9	89.6	78	82.8
1411	Lives Outgrown - Beth Gibbons	2024	81.4	75.4	86	82.2	79.5	91.8	77	78
1465	Paris 1919 - John Cale	1973	81.3	76.2	83	80.4	80.1	88.2	79	82
1507	Tigermilk - Belle and Sebastian	1996	81.2	75.4	86	80.2	78.7	87.4	80	80.6
1651	Racing Mount Pleasant - Racing Mount Pleasant	2025	80.9	74.6	76	84.6	84.5	95.6	77	74
1801	Song For Our Daughter - Laura Marling	2020	80.6	72.4	88	81.3	82.6	89.2	77	74
1827	Cancionera - Natalia Lafourcade	2025	80.6	74.8	85	82.2	80.7	94.4	75	72
1884	The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We - Mitski	2023	80.5	73.8	88	82.6	82.5	90.4	76	70
1909	Marchita - Silvana Estrada	2022	80.4	73.4	83	81.6	82.7	95.2	75	72
1941	Out of Season - Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man	2002	80.3	74.8	79	83	83.2	88.4	78	76
1982	Crack-Up - Fleet Foxes	2017	80.3	73.8	81	82.3	82	86.6	78	78.2
1997	Picaresque - The Decemberists	2005	80.2	72.8	81	82.3	82.2	87.4	78	78
2011	Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle - Bill Callahan	2009	80.2	75.4	80	80.4	77.8	90.8	79	78
2024	Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison	1974	80.2	76.4	74	81.3	79.8	88.8	79	82
2054	Voyage Of The Acolyte - Steve Hackett	1975	80.1	75.2	80	78.7	80	84.4	77	85.6
2073	Drinking Songs - Matt Elliott	2005	80.1	74.6	76	81.1	84.9	87.8	75	81.2
2149	I Need to Start a Garden - Haley Heynderickx	2018	79.9	72.6	80	80.8	84.2	93	75	74
2195	Seven Swans - Sufjan Stevens	2004	79.9	75.2	78	81.1	80.6	86.2	80	78
2267	Lookaftering - Vashti Bunyan	2005	79.7	73.6	81	82.1	81.1	84.4	78	78
2307	Happy Sad - Tim Buckley	1969	79.7	75.8	83	79.6	74.5	86.8	78	80
2352	Everything I Know About Love - Laufey	2022	79.6	72.2	80	80.4	84.7	93.8	74	72
2357	Teaser and the Firecat - Cat Stevens	1971	79.6	75.4	79	79	79.8	82.8	79	82
2391	Shore - Fleet Foxes	2020	79.5	71.8	82	78.8	78.1	91.4	78	76.6
2418	Castaways and Cutouts - The Decemberists	2002	79.5	72	85	80.1	80.1	86.2	77	76
2428	Patterns in Repeat - Laura Marling	2024	79.5	72.8	86	80.8	78.6	90	76	72
2436	Goodbye and Hello - Tim Buckley	1967	79.4	74.8	83	78.6	74.9	86.8	78	80
2463	Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Lana Del Rey	2023	79.4	73	80	82.3	82.6	91.8	78	68
2638	Vulture Prince - Arooj Aftab	2021	79	71.6	84	78	79.2	91.6	73	75.8
2681	Luminescent Creatures - Ichiko Aoba	2025	79	74.4	82	81.4	78.1	91.8	73	72
2686	Sun Giant - Fleet Foxes	2008	79	73	85	79.8	77.3	83.6	78	76
2688	Night Reign - Arooj Aftab	2024	79	72.4	86	78.3	76.4	91.4	73	75.2
2710	Horses in the Sky - Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band	2005	78.9	73.6	73	80.9	79.7	89.6	76	79.6
2760	Songs from a Room - Leonard Cohen	1969	78.8	74.4	75	79.6	79.7	84.2	79	80
2772	Vanisher, Horizon Scraper - Quadeca	2025	78.8	72.4	72	85.5	83.1	95.8	73	70
2782	Riot On An Empty Street - Kings of Convenience	2004	78.8	72.2	73	79.1	84.6	88.8	74	80
2795	All Delighted People EP - Sufjan Stevens	2010	78.8	77.2	66	83.9	85.5	82.8	78	78
2799	Rough and Rowdy Ways - Bob Dylan	2020	78.8	70	89	74	77.2	89.2	76	76
2834	White Chalk - PJ Harvey	2007	78.7	74	78	80.2	79.9	85.8	77	76
3185	You Belong There - Daniel Rossen	2022	78	72.6	81	77.6	76.2	90.4	74	74
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
3198	Pure Comedy - Father John Misty	2017	77.9	68.2	81	81.5	81.3	88.6	77	68
3213	Chelsea Girl - Nico	1967	77.9	73	80	79	77.3	87	77	72
3245	Front Row Seat to Earth - Weyes Blood	2016	77.8	71.4	79	79.8	78.5	88.2	76	72
3297	An Overview On Phenomenal Nature - Cassandra Jenkins	2021	77.7	70.6	82	77	77.8	91.6	73	72
3342	God's Favorite Customer - Father John Misty	2018	77.6	69	80	77.7	77.3	88.4	77	74
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
3530	The Pilgrim, Their God & The King Of My Decrepit Mountain - Tapir!	2024	77.2	72.2	74	77.2	78.9	91	73	74
3742	American Pie - Don McLean	1971	76.7	68	80	73.4	79.8	79.4	74	82
3790	Quiet Signs - Jessica Pratt	2019	76.5	69.8	79	77.2	79	88.8	74	68
3824	Mona Bone Jakon - Cat Stevens	1970	76.4	72.2	80	75.1	75.4	80.4	76	76
3908	Sling - Clairo	2021	76.2	68	80	78.3	78.1	91	72	66
3944	Song to a Seagull - Joni Mitchell	1968	76.1	72.8	70	76.9	77.3	82.6	77	76
4238	Utopia - Björk	2017	75.3	66.4	80	77.2	75	84.2	74	70
4346	The Avalanche - Sufjan Stevens	2006	74.9	69	74	78.4	74.3	82.8	74	72
4494	Music From The Penguin Café - Penguin Cafe Orchestra	1976	74.4	73.2	60	76.3	73.7	87.6	74	76
4609	Morning Phase - Beck	2014	74	63	80	71	71.5	89.2	75	68
4862	The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter - The Incredible String Band	1968	72.5	69.4	88	64.7	52.4	83	74	76

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