Best Folk Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
13	Decade - Neil Young	1977	90.5	87.4	100	91.6	91.6	90	85	88
16	Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin	1971	90.3	82	100	88.5	89	92.2	90	90.6
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
33	Rumours - Fleetwood Mac	1977	89.4	81	100	87.2	89.7	92.2	87	88.6
34	Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan	1966	89.4	82.8	100	88.5	86.3	91.8	88	88.2
41	MTV Unplugged in New York - Nirvana	1994	89.1	83.4	92	91	90.5	92.8	86	88
48	Pink Moon - Nick Drake	1972	88.9	83.8	96	88.5	86.1	92.6	86	89.4
50	All Things Must Pass - George Harrison	1970	88.9	82.6	96	89.7	89.5	91.8	85	87.8
53	The Beatles - The Beatles	1968	88.8	82.8	96	87.8	86.7	92	89	87.2
54	Grace - Jeff Buckley	1994	88.8	82.6	90	91.5	91.8	92.8	84	88.8
60	At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash	1968	88.5	82.4	98	88	87.6	90.6	83	90
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
71	The Glow Pt. 2 - The Microphones	2001	88.3	83.6	93	90.6	86.1	94.4	83	87.2
73	Rubber Soul - The Beatles	1965	88.2	80.2	100	85.2	85.9	91.8	88	86.2
74	Construção - Chico Buarque	1971	88.1	82	95	89.2	91.2	93.8	81	84.8
77	Illinois - Sufjan Stevens	2005	88.1	82.8	92	90.6	87.7	91.4	86	86
80	The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground	1969	88	81.6	100	86.7	84.6	91.6	86	85.4
83	Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen	1967	87.9	82.4	100	87.3	86.3	88.4	84	87
85	Soundtracks for the Blind - Swans	1996	87.9	83	93	88.7	86.1	93	83	88.4
87	Clube da Esquina - Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges	1972	87.9	83.2	88	89.8	91.3	95.2	82	85.6
94	Carrie & Lowell - Sufjan Stevens	2015	87.7	81.8	91	89.1	88.2	92.2	86	85.8
96	Vespertine - Björk	2001	87.7	85.6	83	92.8	90.7	91	83	87.8
98	Hunky Dory - David Bowie	1971	87.7	79.6	99	85.2	84.5	91.6	87	87
103	Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake	1969	87.6	81	98	86.8	84.6	91.8	85	86
110	Either/Or - Elliott Smith	1997	87.5	83.6	84	89.4	89.1	92.8	84	89.4
114	Rain Dogs - Tom Waits	1985	87.4	80.8	99	85.2	83	91.2	84	88.8
133	Live at Massey Hall 1971 - Neil Young	2007	87	84.2	85	85.6	91.1	93	82	88
137	Blonde - Frank Ocean	2016	86.9	81.8	87	89.4	90.9	96	83	80.4
138	Songs of Love and Hate - Leonard Cohen	1971	86.9	81	98	86.1	86	88	83	86.4
153	In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel	1998	86.8	81.6	87	87.7	84.2	91.8	87	88
160	Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1979	86.7	81.8	98	85	82	88.8	84	87.2
166	On the Beach - Neil Young	1974	86.6	81.6	95	85.1	83	90.8	84	86.6
173	Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen	1975	86.5	79	97	85.2	84.8	88.4	83	88.2
174	Live Rust - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1979	86.5	83	90	85.4	89.9	88.2	81	88
176	How the West Was Won - Led Zeppelin	2003	86.5	82.6	89	82.5	89	92.2	82	88
178	Blackwater Park - Opeth	2001	86.4	80	85	88.7	89.4	93.2	79	89.8
185	Visions of the Country - Robbie Basho	1978	86.4	79.6	86	85.1	96.7	94.4	78	85
191	The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan	1963	86.4	78.4	98	83.9	84.2	90.4	84	85.6
195	Forever Changes - Love	1967	86.3	79	100	82	79.4	92.6	85	86.4
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
212	Ashes Against the Grain - Agalloch	2006	86.2	78.8	93	86.2	87.7	93.2	78	86.4
214	1 - The Beatles	2000	86.2	83.4	84	88.2	88.3	92.4	85	82
217	Ys - Joanna Newsom	2006	86.1	81.2	87	89	88.2	90.4	81	86
220	The Magnolia Electric Co. - Songs: Ohia	2003	86.1	82.4	83	88.6	87.9	92.2	82	86.4
221	Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin	1975	86.1	79.4	87	87.5	85.6	91.6	85	86.4
225	After the Gold Rush - Neil Young	1970	86	81.2	92	84.3	81.1	89.6	86	88
233	Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell	1974	86	78.2	99	86.1	85	87.4	82	84
235	Re - Café Tacvba	1994	85.9	76.6	90	85.1	88.3	94.2	81	86.4
238	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco	2001	85.9	79	91	86.2	83.2	92	85	85
243	Jar of Flies - Alice in Chains	1994	85.9	81	85	86.6	87.3	93	82	86.4
246	Almendra - Almendra	1969	85.9	78	100	84.4	87.9	90.8	80	80
248	Still Life - Opeth	1999	85.9	80	85	87.4	89.4	91.8	78	89.4
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
263	The Last Waltz - The Band	1978	85.7	80.6	80	87.2	93.9	87.4	81	90
268	The Mantle - Agalloch	2002	85.7	77.6	90	85.8	86.6	94.4	78	87.4
274	A Crow Looked at Me - Mount Eerie	2017	85.6	79.8	90	89.1	86.7	93.2	80	80.6
277	Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1969	85.6	80.6	93	83	82	90	84	86.6
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
288	Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith	1995	85.6	80.8	86	87.8	86.3	91	81	86
291	The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks	1968	85.5	79.8	93	81.8	80.7	92.8	84	86.6
296	Mount Eerie - The Microphones	2003	85.5	80.8	93	88	85.3	92	79	80.2
305	Bryter Layter - Nick Drake	1971	85.4	79.6	90	86.1	85.1	92	83	82
306	Horses - Patti Smith	1975	85.4	78.2	100	84.9	80.3	88.6	81	84.8
307	Moondance - Van Morrison	1970	85.4	78.2	94	81.9	82.1	90.8	84	86.8
312	Titanic Rising - Weyes Blood	2019	85.3	80.2	87	88.7	87.4	91.8	82	80.2
313	Tapestry - Carole King	1971	85.3	76.4	98	85.7	85.6	87.6	82	82
314	The Seer - Swans	2012	85.3	80.2	86	88.2	86	91.6	81	84.2
316	When the Pawn... - Fiona Apple	1999	85.3	82.2	77	90.8	90.3	91.6	82	83.2
317	Tonight's the Night - Neil Young	1975	85.3	78.6	100	82.7	79.6	89.6	82	84.6
326	Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen	1978	85.2	78.2	95	84.1	84.8	86.8	82	85.4
328	XO - Elliott Smith	1998	85.2	80.4	84	87.3	86.3	90.2	82	86
329	The Stranger - Billy Joel	1977	85.2	78.4	87	87.9	89.1	87.8	82	84
342	Il était une forêt... - Gris	2007	85.1	80	90	89	90.3	92.8	71	82.6
347	To Bring You My Love - PJ Harvey	1995	85.1	78.2	91	85.6	85.2	90.4	81	84.2
350	No Other - Gene Clark	1974	85.1	78.4	100	80.2	80.4	92.4	79	85
354	LUX - ROSALÍA	2025	85	74	93	85.5	87	96.2	80	79.6
355	Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom	2010	85	81	85	88.7	90.5	87.4	81	81.6
363	Les cinq saisons - Harmonium	1975	85	77.2	90	84.1	88.2	88.6	80	86.8
364	Graceland - Paul Simon	1986	85	76	100	82.6	81.5	88.6	81	85.2
367	Automatic for the People - R.E.M.	1992	84.9	77	97	82.4	79.8	89.6	84	84.8
374	Melodrama - Lorde	2017	84.9	75.2	91	87.8	89.6	93.2	81	76.4
377	If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle and Sebastian	1996	84.9	79.4	90	84.9	82.4	90	83	84.4
393	Bergtatt – Et eeventyr i 5 capitler - Ulver	1995	84.8	78	92	82.5	82.9	93.8	77	87.4
394	Damnation - Opeth	2003	84.8	77.8	90	85.1	86.9	90.6	80	83.2
400	Scheherazade and Other Stories - Renaissance	1975	84.7	78.8	90	85.2	85.8	86.4	80	87
404	Ghosts of the Great Highway - Sun Kil Moon	2003	84.7	81	82	86.9	84.7	91.6	82	84.8
405	Hejira - Joni Mitchell	1976	84.7	81.2	85	88	86.2	87.6	81	84
406	Foxtrot - Genesis	1972	84.7	79.6	87	84.2	84.8	87.8	82	87.6
409	Swordfishtrombones - Tom Waits	1983	84.7	78.8	95	82.7	80	89.4	81	86
410	Transa - Caetano Veloso	1972	84.7	77.8	90	84.7	86.4	94	80	80
416	Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying - Labi Siffre	1972	84.7	77.6	90	86.2	84.4	94.4	78	82
418	Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple	2020	84.6	76	93	86.2	86.5	92.4	81	77.4
421	Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank	1965	84.6	78.2	90	83.2	83.8	92.2	81	84
425	For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver	2007	84.6	76.4	84	86.8	86.4	90.4	83	85.2
432	Déjà vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	1970	84.6	77.8	90	83.3	84.6	88.4	83	84.8
439	Europe '72 - Grateful Dead	1972	84.5	81.2	80	85.1	89.9	90.6	81	84

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