Top Folk Albums

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Book Albums

Top rated Folk albums featured in the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book.
Bridge Over Troubled Water album cover

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel
1970
3.97 / 5
 Tapestry album cover

Tapestry

Carole King
1971
3.91 / 5
 Tracy Chapman album cover

Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman
1988
3.78 / 5
 Highway 61 Revisited album cover

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan
1965
3.77 / 5
 Graceland album cover

Graceland

Paul Simon
1986
3.74 / 5
 Moondance album cover

Moondance

Van Morrison
1970
3.71 / 5
 Deja Vu album cover

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
1970
3.7 / 5
 Tea for the Tillerman album cover

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens
1970
3.69 / 5
 Blood On The Tracks album cover

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan
1975
3.67 / 5
 Pink Moon album cover

Pink Moon

Nick Drake
1972
3.65 / 5
 Bringing It All Back Home album cover

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan
1965
3.64 / 5
 The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan album cover

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan
1963
3.63 / 5
 After The Gold Rush album cover

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young
1970
3.63 / 5
 Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme album cover

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel
1966
3.61 / 5
 Bookends album cover

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel
1968
3.56 / 5
 Paul Simon album cover

Paul Simon

Paul Simon
1972
3.51 / 5
 Blonde On Blonde album cover

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan
1966
3.5 / 5
 Bryter Layter album cover

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake
1971
3.5 / 5
 Illinois album cover

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens
2005
3.49 / 5
 Blue album cover

Blue

Joni Mitchell
1971
3.49 / 5

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