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Highway 61 Revisited
#13
1965

Highway 61 Revisited

by Bob Dylan

Folk Rock Rock Blues Rock +2 more
Blonde on Blonde
#20
1966

Blonde on Blonde

by Bob Dylan

Folk Rock Rock Blues Rock +2 more
Blue
#24
1971

Blue

by Joni Mitchell

Contemporary Folk Folk Folk Rock +2 more
Bringing It All Back Home
#55
1965

Bringing It All Back Home

by Bob Dylan

Folk Rock Rock Folk
Graceland
#57
1986

Graceland

by Paul Simon

Pop Pop Rock Rock +2 more
Five Leaves Left
#61
1969

Five Leaves Left

by Nick Drake

Folk Chamber Folk Contemporary Folk +2 more
Bridge Over Troubled Water
#71
1970

Bridge Over Troubled Water

by Simon & Garfunkel

Folk Rock Folk Soft Rock +2 more
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
#73
1970

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

by John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band

Rock Pop Rock Contemporary Folk +2 more
Imagine
#127
1971

Imagine

by John Lennon

Rock Pop Rock Pop +4 more
Liege & Lief
#141
1969

Liege & Lief

by Fairport Convention

Folk Rock Folk Country +2 more
Songs of Leonard Cohen
#166
1967

Songs of Leonard Cohen

by Leonard Cohen

Folk Rock Chamber Folk +2 more
Déjà vu
#173
1970

Déjà vu

by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Folk Rock Rock Country Rock +2 more
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
#184
1974

I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight

by Richard & Linda Thompson

Folk Rock Folk Rock
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
#188
1963

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

by Bob Dylan

Folk Folk Rock Rock +2 more
I'm Your Man
#255
1988

I'm Your Man

by Leonard Cohen

Ballad Folk Rock Pop +3 more
Hejira
#262
1976

Hejira

by Joni Mitchell

Folk Rock Folk Vocal Jazz +2 more
Sweet Baby James
#285
1970

Sweet Baby James

by James Taylor

Rock Soft Rock Folk +2 more
Songs of Love and Hate
#330
1971

Songs of Love and Hate

by Leonard Cohen

Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter +2 more
Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
#336
1998

Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

by Lucinda Williams

Country Folk Americana +2 more
Pink Moon
#352
1972

Pink Moon

by Nick Drake

Folk Contemporary Folk Folk Pop +2 more
Time (The Revelator)
#382
2001

Time (The Revelator)

by Gillian Welch

Rock Alternative Country Country Rock +2 more
Bryter Layter
#394
1971

Bryter Layter

by Nick Drake

Folk Baroque Pop Chamber Folk +2 more
Bookends
#403
1968

Bookends

by Simon & Garfunkel

Folk Rock Folk Folk Pop +2 more
Clandestino
#409
1998

Clandestino

by Manu Chao

Electronic Folk Pop +2 more
For Emma, Forever Ago
#415
2007

For Emma, Forever Ago

by Bon Iver

Indie Folk Folk Folk Rock +2 more
John Wesley Harding
#442
1967

John Wesley Harding

by Bob Dylan

Folk Rock Country Rock Rock +2 more
Tracy Chapman
#454
1988

Tracy Chapman

by Tracy Chapman

Folk Rock Rock Alternative Rock +2 more
Kate & Anna McGarrigle
#465
1975

Kate & Anna McGarrigle

by Kate & Anna McGarrigle

Contemporary Folk Folk Folk Rock +1 more
Mr. Tambourine Man
#505
1965

Mr. Tambourine Man

by The Byrds

Folk Rock Pop Rock Rock +2 more
Sunshine Superman
#512
1966

Sunshine Superman

by Donovan

Folk Psychedelic Rock +2 more
Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
#513
1968

Eli and the Thirteenth Confession

by Laura Nyro

Folk Pop Pop Rock +1 more
Fred Neil
#526
1967

Fred Neil

by Fred Neil

Folk Folk Rock Rock +1 more
John Prine
#533
1971

John Prine

by John Prine

Folk Contemporary Folk Rock +2 more
If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears
#538
1966

If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears

by The Mamas & the Papas

Baroque Pop Folk Rock Pop Rock +2 more
Stormcock
#590
1971

Stormcock

by Roy Harper

Blues Rock Progressive Folk British Folk Rock +2 more
Unhalfbricking
#626
1969

Unhalfbricking

by Fairport Convention

Folk Rock Folk Rock
Bert Jansch
#640
1965

Bert Jansch

by Bert Jansch

Folk Blues
Chicken Skin Music
#642
1976

Chicken Skin Music

by Ry Cooder

Blues Roots Rock Blues Rock +2 more
Songs From a Room
#659
1969

Songs From a Room

by Leonard Cohen

Folk Rock Folk Baroque Pop +2 more
Feast of Wire
#674
2003

Feast of Wire

by Calexico

Rock Folk Rock Alternative Rock +2 more
Basket of Light
#714
1969

Basket of Light

by The Pentangle

Folk Rock British Folk Rock Folk +1 more
Ys
#793
2006

Ys

by Joanna Newsom

Folk Rock Indie Folk +2 more
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
#832
1966

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme

by Simon & Garfunkel

Folk Folk Rock Rock +2 more
Inventions
#845
1965

Inventions

by Sandy Bull

Blues Classical Electric Blues +2 more
Djam Leelii
#921
1989

Djam Leelii

by Baaba Maal, Mansour Seck

Country Blues Blues Folk +1 more
Revival
#950
1996

Revival

by Gillian Welch

Alternative Country Country Rock Folk +2 more
folklore
#994
2020

folklore

by Taylor Swift

Pop Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk +2 more
Central Reservation
#1060
1999

Central Reservation

by Beth Orton

Folk Rock Downtempo Electronic +4 more
Midnight Special: The Library of Congress Recordings, Volume 1
#1082
1991

Midnight Special: The Library of Congress Recordings, Volume 1

by Lead Belly

Acoustic Blues Blues Country Blues +1 more
Life's a Riot With Spy vs Spy
#1097
1983

Life's a Riot With Spy vs Spy

by Billy Bragg

Rock Alternative Folk Anti-Folk +2 more
Solid Air
#1102
1973

Solid Air

by John Martyn

Folk British Folk Rock Folk Rock
Sounds of Silence
#1111
1966

Sounds of Silence

by Simon & Garfunkel

Folk Rock Folk Folk Pop +2 more
Rumba argelina
#1151
1993

Rumba argelina

by Radio Tarifa

Folk Latin
Byker Hill
#1172
1967

Byker Hill

by Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick

Folk
Blood Money
#1192
2002

Blood Money

by Tom Waits

Rock Experimental Alternative Rock +2 more
Folk Roots, New Routes
#1196
1964

Folk Roots, New Routes

by Shirley Collins, Davey Graham

Folk
There Goes Rhymin' Simon
#1201
1973

There Goes Rhymin' Simon

by Paul Simon

Folk Rock Pop Rock Folk Pop +2 more
Soviet Kitsch
#1219
2003

Soviet Kitsch

by Regina Spektor

Anti-Folk Folk Rock Folk +2 more
Goodbye and Hello
#1245
1967

Goodbye and Hello

by Tim Buckley

Folk Folk Rock Rock
Jackson C. Frank
#1254
1965

Jackson C. Frank

by Jackson C. Frank

Contemporary Folk Folk Blues +1 more
The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion
#1304
1967

The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion

by The Incredible String Band

Folk Psychedelic Psychedelic Folk +1 more
Joan Armatrading
#1314
1976

Joan Armatrading

by Joan Armatrading

Folk Rock Contemporary Folk Folk +2 more
The Marble Index
#1357
1968

The Marble Index

by Nico

Experimental Folk Folk Rock
Rehearsals for Retirement
#1360
1969

Rehearsals for Retirement

by Phil Ochs

Contemporary Folk Folk Folk Rock +2 more
Please to See the King
#1382
1971

Please to See the King

by Steeleye Span

British Folk Rock Folk Folk Rock +1 more
Let It Die
#1488
2004

Let It Die

by Feist

Folk Indie Rock Folk Rock +2 more
Hot Shots II
#1521
2001

Hot Shots II

by The Beta Band

Electronic Rock Alternative Rock +2 more
Band of Gypsies
#1524
2001

Band of Gypsies

by Taraf de Haïdouks

Folk
Biograph
#1528
1985

Biograph

by Bob Dylan

Folk Rock Rock Folk +1 more
Paradise and Lunch
#1539
1974

Paradise and Lunch

by Ry Cooder

Blues Blues Rock Roots Rock +2 more
Live in London
#1546
2009

Live in London

by Leonard Cohen

Folk Rock
The Sounds of India
#1581
1958

The Sounds of India

by Ravi Shankar

Indian Classical Country Folk +2 more
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
#1585
1972

Will the Circle Be Unbroken

by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Bluegrass Country Rock Folk
Miriam Makeba
#1604
1960

Miriam Makeba

by Miriam Makeba

Soul Folk Marabi +2 more
American Pie
#1608
1971

American Pie

by Don McLean

Rock Folk Rock Contemporary Folk +2 more
Ananda Shankar
#1612
1970

Ananda Shankar

by Ananda Shankar

Rock Experimental Folk +2 more
Jack Takes the Floor
#1618
1958

Jack Takes the Floor

by Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Folk
Joan Baez
#1619
1960

Joan Baez

by Joan Baez

Folk Contemporary Folk Folk Rock +2 more
Suzanne Vega
#1666
1985

Suzanne Vega

by Suzanne Vega

Folk Electronic Folk Pop +2 more
Rejoicing in the Hands
#1690
2004

Rejoicing in the Hands

by Devendra Banhart

Folk Folk Rock Indie Folk +2 more
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
#1696
1986

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

by Billy Bragg

Folk Alternative Folk Anti-Folk +2 more
Dust Bowl Ballads
#1728
1940

Dust Bowl Ballads

by Woody Guthrie

Folk Ballad
By the Way, I Forgive You
#1740
2018

By the Way, I Forgive You

by Brandi Carlile

Folk Rock Country Americana +1 more
Come Away With Me
#1748
2002

Come Away With Me

by Norah Jones

Contemporary Jazz Jazz Blues +2 more
The Very Best of Woody Guthrie
#1808
1992

The Very Best of Woody Guthrie

by Woody Guthrie

Folk
The Three E.P.'s
#1845
1998

The Three E.P.'s

by The Beta Band

Indie Rock Electronic Rock +2 more
The Last of the True Believers
#1885
1986

The Last of the True Believers

by Nanci Griffith

Country Folk Pop
Live at the Point
#1897
1994

Live at the Point

by Christy Moore

Folk Rock Rock Folk +1 more
Shaka Zulu
#1917
1987

Shaka Zulu

by Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Folk Isicathamiya Mbube
A Collection
#1924
1999

A Collection

by Anne Briggs

Folk
Irish Heartbeat
#1965
1988

Irish Heartbeat

by Van Morrison, The Chieftains

Celtic Irish Folk Folk
The Pipes of Pan at Jajouka
#1970
1971

The Pipes of Pan at Jajouka

by Master Musicians of Joujouka

Field Recording Folk Psychedelic
Norma Waterson
#2007
1996

Norma Waterson

by Norma Waterson

Folk
The Wicker Man
#2020
1998

The Wicker Man

by Paul Giovanni

Folk
Anthology of American Folk Music
#2045
1997

Anthology of American Folk Music

by Various Artists

Blues Country Folk +2 more
I Speak Because I Can
#2053
2010

I Speak Because I Can

by Laura Marling

Folk Indie Folk Pop
Mermaid Avenue
#2134
1998

Mermaid Avenue

by Billy Bragg, Wilco

Alternative Rock Folk Alternative Country +2 more
The Reminder
#2135
2007

The Reminder

by Feist

Folk Folk Rock Indie Pop +2 more
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Music From a Film by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
#2161
2000

O Brother, Where Art Thou? Music From a Film by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

by Various Artists

Bluegrass Country Blues Blues +2 more
I Put a Spell on You
#2173
1965

I Put a Spell on You

by Nina Simone

Jazz Folk Pop +1 more

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