Best Singer-Songwriter 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
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
34	Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan	1966	89.4	82.8	100	88.5	86.3	91.8	88	88.2
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
54	Grace - Jeff Buckley	1994	88.8	82.6	90	91.5	91.8	92.8	84	88.8
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
364	Graceland - Paul Simon	1986	85	76	100	82.6	81.5	88.6	81	85.2
374	Melodrama - Lorde	2017	84.9	75.2	91	87.8	89.6	93.2	81	76.4
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
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
448	Divers - Joanna Newsom	2015	84.5	78.4	88	86	88.6	88.8	80	81.8
456	The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More than Ropes Will Ever Do - Fiona Apple	2012	84.5	78.4	87	87.2	86.1	90.4	81	81.2
461	Bone Machine - Tom Waits	1992	84.5	79.2	89	84.2	85.6	88.2	79	86
469	Solid Air - John Martyn	1973	84.4	76.8	98	81.6	81.2	91.4	78	84
478	Harvest - Neil Young	1972	84.4	79.6	83	84.3	82.7	90.4	85	85.6
500	Skeleton Tree - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2016	84.2	76.8	91	84.5	84	88	82	83.4
501	Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You - Big Thief	2022	84.2	79.8	86	86.4	85.5	89.4	83	79.4
521	songs - Adrianne Lenker	2020	84.1	79.2	84	86.2	88.5	94.2	78	78.8
526	Parallelograms - Linda Perhacs	1970	84.1	77	89	84.6	85.2	90	81	82
539	Hasta la raíz - Natalia Lafourcade	2015	84	74.8	90	85	85.9	94.4	78	80
559	Stormcock - Roy Harper	1971	83.9	76.4	90	81.8	86.2	90.2	79	84
573	Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) - Red House Painters	1993	83.9	78.6	89	84	83	88.4	80	84.2
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
577	Norman Fucking Rockwell! - Lana Del Rey	2019	83.9	77	87	87.9	89.7	86.6	83	75.8
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
633	WORRY. - Jeff Rosenstock	2016	83.7	78.2	80	84.9	86	93	79	84.6
648	Javelin - Sufjan Stevens	2023	83.6	78.8	88	86.5	83.7	88.6	81	78.6
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
670	Just Another Diamond Day - Vashti Bunyan	1970	83.5	75.8	92	82.4	84	88.4	80	82
680	Preacher’s Daughter - Ethel Cain	2022	83.5	74.2	85	86.1	89.6	96.6	74	78.8
689	Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains	2019	83.4	78.6	86	83	84.7	93	79	79.8
700	All Hail West Texas - The Mountain Goats	2002	83.4	77.4	85	83.2	84.9	91.4	78	83.8
703	Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt	1969	83.4	81.4	70	85.5	88.7	92.4	81	84.6
720	The Concert in Central Park - Simon and Garfunkel	1982	83.3	76.2	85	87.9	91.3	84.8	78	80
740	Something/Anything? - Todd Rundgren	1972	83.2	75.6	100	79.9	77.5	86.6	79	84
745	Zuma - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1975	83.2	78.8	89	82.3	82.5	87.8	80	82
757	Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon	1978	83.1	76	90	81.7	82.5	88.6	79	84.2
762	Scott 4 - Scott Engel	1969	83.1	78	90	81.5	80.5	89	79	83.8
766	The Hissing of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell	1975	83.1	77.2	90	85.5	80.9	86	80	82
770	Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards - Tom Waits	2006	83.1	77	89	80.9	82.3	90.2	78	84
777	Cold Fact - Rodriguez	1970	83	77	77	83.5	86.6	92.4	79	85.8
808	Lô Borges - Lô Borges	1972	83	76.4	90	82.8	81.9	93.6	74	82

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