Top Indie Folk Albums
1 |
115 |
Sufjan Stevens |
Carrie & Lowell |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2015 |
2 |
237 |
Bon Iver |
For Emma, Forever Ago |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2007 |
3 |
242 |
Neutral Milk Hotel |
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea |
|
Indie Rock
|
1998 |
4 |
249 |
Fleet Foxes |
Fleet Foxes |
|
Americana,
Chamber Folk
|
2008 |
5 |
253 |
Elliott Smith |
Either/Or |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
1997 |
6 |
281 |
Bon Iver |
Bon Iver, Bon Iver |
|
Art Pop
|
2011 |
7 |
485 |
Grizzly Bear |
Veckatimest |
|
Psychedelic Folk,
Psychedelic Pop
|
2009 |
8 |
503 |
Father John Misty |
I Love You, Honeybear |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2015 |
9 |
528 |
Mount Eerie |
A Crow Looked at Me |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2017 |
10 |
563 |
Bright Eyes |
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning |
|
|
2005 |
11 |
723 |
Angel Olsen |
Burn Your Fire for No Witness |
|
Psychedelic Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
|
2014 |
12 |
751 |
Big Thief |
U.F.O.F. |
|
|
2019 |
13 |
868 |
The Microphones |
The Glow, Pt. 2 |
|
Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock,
Psychedelic Folk
|
2001 |
14 |
915 |
Cat Power |
You Are Free |
|
Indie Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
2003 |
15 |
1003 |
Elliott Smith |
Figure 8 |
|
Indie Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
|
2000 |
16 |
1067 |
Fleet Foxes |
Helplessness Blues |
|
Chamber Folk
|
2011 |
17 |
1138 |
Okkervil River |
Black Sheep Boy |
|
Indie Rock
|
2005 |
18 |
1281 |
Grizzly Bear |
Shields |
|
Psychedelic Folk
|
2012 |
19 |
1284 |
Bright Eyes |
Lifted or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground |
|
|
2002 |
20 |
1317 |
Grizzly Bear |
Yellow House |
|
Psychedelic Folk
|
2006 |
21 |
1376 |
The Decemberists |
The Crane Wife |
|
Folk Rock,
Indie Pop
|
2006 |
22 |
1385 |
Sufjan Stevens |
Michigan |
|
Chamber Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
|
2003 |
23 |
1419 |
The Decemberists |
Picaresque |
|
Chamber Pop
|
2005 |
24 |
1425 |
Palace Brothers |
There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You |
|
Alt-Country
|
1993 |
25 |
1505 |
Midlake |
The Trials of Van Occupanther |
|
Americana,
Folk Rock
|
2006 |
26 |
1576 |
Iron & Wine |
Our Endless Numbered Days |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2004 |
27 |
1656 |
Beirut |
Gulag Orkestar |
|
|
2006 |
28 |
1834 |
Phoebe Bridgers |
Stranger in the Alps |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2017 |
29 |
1836 |
Beirut |
The Flying Club Cup |
|
|
2007 |
30 |
1932 |
Sharon Van Etten |
Tramp |
|
Alternative Singer/Songwriter
|
2012 |
31 |
2107 |
Big Thief |
Two Hands |
|
Folk Rock
|
2019 |
32 |
2131 |
Iron & Wine |
The Shepherd's Dog |
|
Americana,
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter |
2007 |
33 |
2433 |
M. Ward |
Post-War |
|
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
2006 |
34 |
2616 |
The Mountain Goats |
The Sunset Tree |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2005 |
35 |
2617 |
Whitney |
Light Upon the Lake |
|
Indie Rock
|
2016 |
36 |
2812 |
(Sandy) Alex G |
House of Sugar |
|
Neo-Psychedelia
|
2019 |
37 |
2833 |
Mumford & Sons |
Sigh No More |
|
Folk Pop
|
2009 |
38 |
2883 |
Julia Jacklin |
Crushing |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2019 |
Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: |
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Sufjan Stevens |
Seven Swans |
|
Chamber Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
|
2004 |
|
|
Kings of Convenience |
Quiet Is the New Loud |
|
Folk Pop,
Indie Pop
|
2001 |
|
|
Father John Misty |
Fear Fun |
|
Psychedelic Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
|
2012 |
|
|
The Mountain Goats |
Tallahassee |
|
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
2002 |
|
|
(Sandy) Alex G |
Rocket |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2017 |
|
|
José González |
Veneer |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2003 |
|
|
Kristin Hersh |
Hips and Makers |
|
Alternative Singer/Songwriter
|
1994 |
|
|
The Decemberists |
The King Is Dead |
|
Country Rock
|
2011 |
|
|
Bright Eyes |
Cassadaga |
|
Alt-Country
|
2007 |
|
|
First Aid Kit |
The Lion's Roar |
|
Folk Pop
|
2012 |
|
|
Monsters of Folk |
Monsters of Folk |
|
Folk Rock
|
2009 |
|
|
Andy Shauf |
The Party |
|
Chamber Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
|
2016 |
|
|
Laura Marling |
Short Movie |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2015 |
|
|
The Dodos |
Visiter |
|
Folk Pop,
Folk Rock,
Indie Rock |
2008 |
|
|
First Aid Kit |
Stay Gold |
|
Folk Pop
|
2014 |
|
|
Micah P. Hinson |
Micah P. Hinson & The Gospel of Progress |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2004 |
|
|
Laura Marling |
I Speak Because I Can |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2010 |
|
|
Villagers |
Becoming a Jackal |
|
Indie Pop
|
2010 |
|
|
Laura Marling |
A Creature I Don't Know |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2011 |
|
|
Elliott Smith |
Elliott Smith |
|
Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
1995 |
|
|
Mount Eerie |
Now Only |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2018 |
|
|
boygenius |
boygenius EP |
|
Indie Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
2018 |
|
|
Kings of Convenience |
Riot on an Empty Street |
|
Folk Pop,
Indie Pop
|
2004 |
|
|
Beirut |
The Rip Tide |
|
|
2011 |
|
|
Smog |
Dongs of Sevotion |
|
|
2000 |
|
|
Avi Buffalo |
Avi Buffalo |
|
Indie Pop
|
2010 |
|
|
Department of Eagles |
In Ear Park |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
Laura Marling |
Alas, I Cannot Swim |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2008 |
|
|
Conor Oberst |
Conor Oberst |
|
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
2008 |
|
|
Mumford & Sons |
Babel |
|
Folk Pop
|
2012 |
|
|
Haley Heynderickx |
I Need to Start a Garden |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2018 |
|
|
Get Well Soon |
Rest Now, Weary Head! You Will Get Well Soon |
|
Alternative Rock,
Chamber Pop
|
2008 |
|
|
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci |
Spanish Dance Troupe |
|
Folk Rock,
Indie Pop,
Psychedelic Folk |
1999 |
|
|
Andrew Bird |
My Finest Work Yet |
|
Chamber Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
|
2019 |
|
|
Agnes Obel |
Aventine |
|
Chamber Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
|
2013 |
|
|
Dr. Dog |
Fate |
|
Indie Pop
|
2008 |
|
|
Julia Jacklin |
Don't Let the Kids Win |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2016 |
|
|
Avi Buffalo |
At Best Cuckold |
|
Indie Pop
|
2014 |
|
|
Whitney |
Forever Turned Around |
|
Indie Pop
|
2019 |
|
|
Adrianne Lenker |
Abysskiss |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2018 |
|
|
Damien Jurado |
The Horizon Just Laughed |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2018 |
|
|
Cass McCombs |
Wit's End |
|
Chamber Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
|
2011 |
|
|
Elliott Smith |
New Moon |
|
Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
2007 |
|
|
Villagers |
The Art of Pretending to Swim |
|
Indie Pop
|
2018 |
|
|
Florist |
Emily Alone |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2019 |
|
|
Mount Eerie |
Clear Moon |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2012 |
|
|
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins |
Diamond Mine |
|
|
2011 |
|
|
Elvis Perkins |
Ash Wednesday |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2006 |
|
|
Okkervil River |
The Silver Gymnasium |
|
Indie Rock
|
2013 |
|
|
The Leisure Society |
The Sleeper |
|
Folk Pop,
Indie Pop
|
2009 |
|
|
Damien Jurado |
Where Shall You Take Me? |
|
Americana,
Singer/Songwriter
|
2003 |
|
|
Various Artists |
Dark Was The Night |
|
Folk Pop,
Indie Rock
|
2009 |
|
|
Andrew Bird |
Break It Yourself |
|
Chamber Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
|
2012 |
|
|
Midlake |
The Courage Of Others |
|
Folk Rock
|
2010 |
|
|
King Creosote |
From Scotland With Love |
|
|
2014 |
|
|
This Is the Kit |
Moonshine Freeze |
|
|
2017 |
|
|
Kings of Convenience |
Declaration Of Dependence |
|
|
2009 |
|
|
LUMP |
LUMP |
|
Art Pop,
Folktronica
|
2018 |
|
|
Volcano Choir |
Repave |
|
|
2013 |
|
|
Conor Oberst |
Upside Down Mountain |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2014 |
|
|
The Mountain Goats |
Beat the Champ |
|
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
2015 |
|
|
Sufjan Stevens |
The Avalanche: Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album |
|
Chamber Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
|
2006 |
|
|
Villagers |
Darling Arithmetic |
|
|
2015 |
|
|
The Mountain Goats |
Transcendental Youth |
|
|
2012 |
|
|
Port O'Brien |
All We Could Do Was Sing |
|
Folk Rock,
Indie Rock
|
2008 |
|
|
Thurston Moore |
Demolished Thoughts |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2011 |
|
|
First Aid Kit |
Ruins |
|
Americana
|
2018 |
|
|
Iron & Wine |
Woman King EP |
|
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
2005 |
|
|
Laura Veirs |
July Flame |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2010 |
|
|
The Decemberists |
What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World |
|
Folk Rock
|
2015 |
|
|
The Mountain Goats |
All Eternals Deck |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2011 |
|
|
Cass McCombs |
Big Wheel and Others |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2013 |
|
|
Fleet Foxes |
Sun Giant |
|
Chamber Folk
|
2008 |
|
|
José González |
In Our Nature |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2007 |
|
|
Tunng |
Good Arrows |
|
Folktronica,
Indie Pop
|
2007 |
|
|
Shearwater |
The Golden Archipelago |
|
Indie Rock
|
2010 |
|
|
The Mountain Goats |
Get Lonely |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2006 |