Best Progressive Folk Albums of All Time

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53 albums

RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
185	Visions of the Country - Robbie Basho	1978	86.4	79.6	86	85.1	96.7	94.4	78	85
217	Ys - Joanna Newsom	2006	86.1	81.2	87	89	88.2	90.4	81	86
258	Astral Weeks - Van Morrison	1968	85.8	78.4	100	81.8	79	90.4	84	86.8
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
400	Scheherazade and Other Stories - Renaissance	1975	84.7	78.8	90	85.2	85.8	86.4	80	87
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
410	Transa - Caetano Veloso	1972	84.7	77.8	90	84.7	86.4	94	80	80
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
606	Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes	2011	83.8	78	83	86.9	85.4	88.6	82	82.4
634	Per un amico - Premiata Forneria Marconi	1972	83.7	76	90	79.4	84.1	90.6	79	86.6
649	Microphones in 2020 - The Microphones	2020	83.6	79	85	85.6	87	92.2	78	78.4
653	Minas - Milton Nascimento	1975	83.6	77.8	85	86.1	87.8	91.4	77	80
664	Storia Di Un Minuto - Premiata Forneria Marconi	1972	83.5	76	90	80.2	85.2	91.4	78	84
674	First Utterance - Comus	1971	83.5	80.6	80	84	86	89.8	79	85
880	Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull	1972	82.7	80.2	68	84.6	85.4	88.8	83	89.2
1154	Saint Dominic's Preview - Van Morrison	1972	82	76.8	90	80.3	78.2	86.6	80	82
1225	Bad Timing - Jim O'Rourke	1997	81.8	77.6	80	82.8	84.3	89.8	78	80.2
1234	Unhalfbricking - Fairport Convention	1969	81.8	76	91	80.3	76.9	89.4	79	80
1370	Ashes Are Burning - Renaissance	1973	81.5	76.8	80	82.2	82.1	85.8	79	84.6
1411	Lives Outgrown - Beth Gibbons	2024	81.4	75.4	86	82.2	79.5	91.8	77	78
1651	Racing Mount Pleasant - Racing Mount Pleasant	2025	80.9	74.6	76	84.6	84.5	95.6	77	74
1945	The Trials of Van Occupanther - Midlake	2006	80.3	73.8	78	82.3	83.7	89.6	77	78
1982	Crack-Up - Fleet Foxes	2017	80.3	73.8	81	82.3	82	86.6	78	78.2
2024	Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison	1974	80.2	76.4	74	81.3	79.8	88.8	79	82
2040	Liege & Lief - Fairport Convention	1969	80.2	75.8	85	76.2	74.9	88.6	79	81.6
2104	Peasant - Richard Dawson	2017	80	74.4	84	80.9	80.3	89.6	75	76
2160	The Crane Wife - The Decemberists	2006	79.9	73.8	79	83	80.5	87.2	78	78
2307	Happy Sad - Tim Buckley	1969	79.7	75.8	83	79.6	74.5	86.8	78	80
2350	Yellow House - Grizzly Bear	2006	79.6	72.8	80	80.8	79.3	87.2	77	80
2613	Shields - Grizzly Bear	2012	79.1	71.2	80	81.3	78.2	85.8	79	78
2623	2020 - Richard Dawson	2019	79.1	72.2	85	78.9	78.9	89.4	75	74
2752	Ommadawn - Mike Oldfield	1975	78.9	77	60	82.5	82.9	84.4	79	86.2
2795	All Delighted People EP - Sufjan Stevens	2010	78.8	77.2	66	83.9	85.5	82.8	78	78
2863	Little Queen - Heart	1977	78.6	71.2	90	76.9	75	83.4	76	78
2898	Hergest Ridge - Mike Oldfield	1974	78.6	74.6	80	80.8	76.6	81	77	80
2917	Nursery Cryme - Genesis	1971	78.5	76.8	63	79.6	80.7	86.6	81	82
3136	Lorca - Tim Buckley	1970	78.1	75.8	67	79.9	82.8	84.2	77	80
3183	Songs From the Wood - Jethro Tull	1977	78	76	70	76.9	79.3	85.6	78	80
3185	You Belong There - Daniel Rossen	2022	78	72.6	81	77.6	76.2	90.4	74	74
3334	Minstrel in the Gallery - Jethro Tull	1975	77.6	75.2	70	78.4	78.4	84.4	77	80
3485	My New Band Believe - My New Band Believe	2026	77.3	71.4	84	77.7	74.1	92.8	75	66
3645	The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys - Traffic	1971	76.9	74.6	65	76.4	80.6	84.8	77	80
3678	The Hazards of Love - The Decemberists	2009	76.8	69.2	73	78.2	79.5	87	75	76
4167	Basket of Light - The Pentangle	1969	75.5	74	75	71.9	64.5	86.8	76	80
4837	Trespass - Genesis	1970	72.6	72.8	53	75.4	72.6	83.6	77	74
4862	The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter - The Incredible String Band	1968	72.5	69.4	88	64.7	52.4	83	74	76
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
5063	David Bowie [Space Oddity] - David Bowie	1969	71	64.8	64	66.9	71.4	86.2	74	70
5083	Don Juan's Reckless Daughter - Joni Mitchell	1977	70.8	72	54	74.6	67.7	81.4	76	70

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