Best Contemporary Folk Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
29	Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan	1965	89.5	83	100	88.9	86.1	91.8	88	89
31	Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan	1975	89.4	83.2	100	88.6	86.9	91.2	87	89
48	Pink Moon - Nick Drake	1972	88.9	83.8	96	88.5	86.1	92.6	86	89.4
65	Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan	1965	88.4	81.6	100	86.9	85.9	90.8	86	87.8
66	Blue - Joni Mitchell	1971	88.4	81.4	100	88.5	86.1	91	84	87.8
83	Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen	1967	87.9	82.4	100	87.3	86.3	88.4	84	87
87	Clube da Esquina - Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges	1972	87.9	83.2	88	89.8	91.3	95.2	82	85.6
103	Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake	1969	87.6	81	98	86.8	84.6	91.8	85	86
133	Live at Massey Hall 1971 - Neil Young	2007	87	84.2	85	85.6	91.1	93	82	88
138	Songs of Love and Hate - Leonard Cohen	1971	86.9	81	98	86.1	86	88	83	86.4
160	Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1979	86.7	81.8	98	85	82	88.8	84	87.2
174	Live Rust - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1979	86.5	83	90	85.4	89.9	88.2	81	88
191	The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan	1963	86.4	78.4	98	83.9	84.2	90.4	84	85.6
196	Bridge over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel	1970	86.3	79.4	98	85.5	86.1	85.2	84	86.2
197	Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits - Bob Dylan	1967	86.3	85.2	100	88.3	82.9	87	81	80
288	Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith	1995	85.6	80.8	86	87.8	86.3	91	81	86
305	Bryter Layter - Nick Drake	1971	85.4	79.6	90	86.1	85.1	92	83	82
394	Damnation - Opeth	2003	84.8	77.8	90	85.1	86.9	90.6	80	83.2
421	Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank	1965	84.6	78.2	90	83.2	83.8	92.2	81	84
432	Déjà vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	1970	84.6	77.8	90	83.3	84.6	88.4	83	84.8
468	What Color Is Love - Terry Callier	1972	84.4	77.6	90	83.2	84.4	92.2	79	84.6
469	Solid Air - John Martyn	1973	84.4	76.8	98	81.6	81.2	91.4	78	84
521	songs - Adrianne Lenker	2020	84.1	79.2	84	86.2	88.5	94.2	78	78.8
584	John Prine - John Prine	1971	83.8	76.8	98	79.8	79.5	91.8	79	82
613	John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band	1970	83.7	77.6	90	83	81.7	88.8	83	82
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
650	Giles Corey - Giles Corey	2011	83.6	77	82	86.8	85.6	94.2	77	82.6
676	La question - Françoise Hardy	1971	83.5	75.6	93	82.9	85.9	92	77	78
703	Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt	1969	83.4	81.4	70	85.5	88.7	92.4	81	84.6
709	Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash	1969	83.4	75.6	97	79.2	80.2	87.2	81	83.4
762	Scott 4 - Scott Engel	1969	83.1	78	90	81.5	80.5	89	79	83.8
779	Just As I Am - Bill Withers	1971	83	76	94	82	81.1	90.2	76	82
808	Lô Borges - Lô Borges	1972	83	76.4	90	82.8	81.9	93.6	74	82
882	Desire - Bob Dylan	1976	82.7	78.4	86	84.1	84.1	85.6	81	80
893	Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson	1975	82.7	74.4	97	78.6	76.2	88.8	79	85
955	New Skin for the Old Ceremony - Leonard Cohen	1974	82.5	76.4	90	82	85	85	79	80
1020	Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen	1982	82.3	77.6	81	83.2	82.5	87.8	80	84
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
1068	Benji - Sun Kil Moon	2014	82.2	75	83	83.5	85.1	89.2	80	79.6
1129	La Vida Era Más Corta - Milo j	2025	82	75	80	83.5	88.8	98	73	76
1136	Songs From Suicide Bridge - David Kauffman & Eric Caboor	1984	82	79.6	77	87.3	79.7	87.4	78	85.2
1206	The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan	1964	81.9	75.4	82	82.5	82.7	88.2	80	82.2
1229	Colour Green - Sibylle Baier	2006	81.8	75.2	85	81.2	86.3	90	77	78
1258	Bright Future - Adrianne Lenker	2024	81.7	75.8	87	82.9	82.4	91.4	78	74.6
1288	Our Mother the Mountain - Townes Van Zandt	1969	81.7	78.4	77	82.4	83.6	90.8	78	81.4
1357	Ladies of the Canyon - Joni Mitchell	1970	81.5	76.6	86	82.7	82.4	85	80	78
1481	Lianne La Havas - Lianne La Havas	2020	81.2	75.4	81	83.3	83.6	90.8	78	76.6
1506	American IV: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash	2002	81.2	77.4	69	82.2	84.3	90.8	81	83.6
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
1667	Ghost Tropic - Songs: Ohia	2000	80.9	79.2	75	84.5	81	88.4	76	82
1673	American Recordings - Johnny Cash	1994	80.9	74.4	92	79.7	75.8	87.2	79	78
1674	So Far - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	1974	80.9	80.6	75	80	84.5	85	77	84
1697	The Lioness - Songs: Ohia	2000	80.8	77.8	71	83.3	81.5	93.6	76	82.6
1705	American V: A Hundred Highways - Johnny Cash	2006	80.8	74	84	80.1	82.9	86.8	78	80
1767	John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan	1967	80.7	74.6	95	78.5	75.5	85.2	78	78
1801	Song For Our Daughter - Laura Marling	2020	80.6	72.4	88	81.3	82.6	89.2	77	74
1812	I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight - Richard & Linda Thompson	1974	80.6	75.4	94	74.7	65.6	89.6	79	86
1815	The Wild Hunt - The Tallest Man on Earth	2010	80.6	71.6	79	79.5	83.6	88.2	77	85.4
1941	Out of Season - Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man	2002	80.3	74.8	79	83	83.2	88.4	78	76
1949	For the Roses - Joni Mitchell	1972	80.3	75	85	82.5	80	82.8	79	78
1950	Sea Change - Beck	2002	80.3	72.4	81	80	77.5	91.4	80	80
2011	Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle - Bill Callahan	2009	80.2	75.4	80	80.4	77.8	90.8	79	78
2021	O - Damien Rice	2002	80.2	71	78	81.1	84.9	88	77	81.4
2024	Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison	1974	80.2	76.4	74	81.3	79.8	88.8	79	82
2045	Another Side of Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan	1964	80.2	72.8	91	78	77.7	85.6	78	78
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
2220	Aerial - Kate Bush	2005	79.8	73.8	83	80.6	78.4	87	78	78
2296	Our Endless Numbered Days - Iron & Wine	2004	79.7	71.8	81	80.4	80.7	87.8	77	79.2
2328	Submarine - Alex Turner	2011	79.6	74.6	74	81	86.2	90.6	77	74
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
2482	Clandestino - Manu Chao	1998	79.4	71.8	80	77.3	79.8	90	77	79.6
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
2562	Everybody Scream - Florence + the Machine	2025	79.2	69.4	83	77.1	78.9	94.6	73	78.4
2605	Here in the Pitch - Jessica Pratt	2024	79.1	73.2	87	77.7	76.3	92.4	75	72
2662	Lost Wisdom - Mount Eerie, Julie Doiron & Frederick Squire	2008	79	74.6	76	79.8	78.9	87.6	78	78
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
2753	April - Sun Kil Moon	2008	78.9	73.2	78	80	75.4	87	79	79.4
2760	Songs from a Room - Leonard Cohen	1969	78.8	74.4	75	79.6	79.7	84.2	79	80
2767	instrumentals - Adrianne Lenker	2020	78.8	71.6	82	78.3	80.8	94.2	73	72
2834	White Chalk - PJ Harvey	2007	78.7	74	78	80.2	79.9	85.8	77	76
2920	The Trinity Session - Cowboy Junkies	1988	78.5	71.8	83	75	77.1	88.8	76	78
2943	Home Video - Lucy Dacus	2021	78.5	70.4	81	78.6	83.4	90	74	72
2986	Clouds - Joni Mitchell	1969	78.4	73.4	78	79.4	79	83	78	78
3070	Gulag Orkestar - Beirut	2006	78.2	70.2	79	79.1	79	86.4	76	78
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
3253	Mutations - Beck	1998	77.8	70.8	84	78.4	76.6	84	77	74
3263	The Flying Club Cup - Beirut	2007	77.8	69.6	76	77.7	80.5	85.8	77	78
3278	Raising Sand - Robert Plant	2007	77.8	71.6	82	72	79.2	87.6	74	78
3372	I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - Sinéad O'Connor	1990	77.6	70.6	88	77.7	73.7	82.6	75	75.4
3547	Los Ángeles - ROSALÍA	2017	77.2	72	75	77.9	77.4	84.8	77	76
3681	Joan Baez - Joan Baez	1960	76.8	68.8	90	75	73.6	79.4	75	76
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

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