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folk
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Folk music emphasizes acoustic instruments and storytelling lyrics that often reflect personal experiences or social commentary. Rooted in traditional music passed down through generations, modern folk blends these influences with contemporary themes. The genre values authenticity and emotional directness over production complexity.
100 chronological releases
| Place | Cover | Date | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | 1967-12-27 | Leonard Cohen | Songs of Leonard Cohen | |
| 5 |  |
1968-11 | Van Morrison | Astral Weeks |
| 64 |  |
1969-09 | Nick Drake | Five Leaves Left |
| 25 |  |
1970 | Vashti Bunyan | Just Another Diamond Day |
| 31 | 1970-01-26 | Simon & Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water | |
| 65 | 1970-11 | Nick Drake | Bryter Layter | |
| 21 |  |
1971 | Don McLean | American Pie |
| 30 | 1971 | Leonard Cohen | Songs of Love and Hate | |
| 58 | 1971-06-22 | Joni Mitchell | Blue | |
| 6 |  |
1972 | Paul Simon | Paul Simon |
| 62 |  |
1972-02-14 | Neil Young | Harvest |
| 92 | 1972-02-25 | Nick Drake | Pink Moon | |
| 51 |  |
1975 | Bob Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan |
| 75 |  |
1975-01-20 | Bob Dylan | Blood on the Tracks |
| 14 |  |
1986-08-29 | Paul Simon | Graceland |
| 28 | 1988 | Bob Dylan | The Times They Are A-Changin' | |
| 45 |  |
1988 | Bob Dylan | Bring It All Back Home |
| 78 |  |
1988-04-05 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman |
| 87 |  |
1995 | Bob Dylan | Highway 61 Revisited |
| 8 | 1995-10-16 | Mojave 3 | Ask Me Tomorrow | |
| 23 |  |
2001 | Joan Baez | Diamonds and Rust |
| 60 |  |
2001 | Simon & Garfunkel | Bookends |
| 67 |  |
2002-07-22 | Damien Rice | O |
| 24 | 2002-08-12 | Bright Eyes | Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground | |
| 33 | 2002-09-24 | Iron & Wine | The Creek Drank the Cradle | |
| 11 | 2003-10 | José González | Veneer | |
| 10 | 2003-11-04 | Sun Kil Moon | Ghosts of the Great Highway | |
| 71 |  |
2004-03-16 | Sufjan Stevens | Seven Swans |
| 16 | 2004-03-23 | Joanna Newsom | The Milk-Eyed Mender | |
| 18 |  |
2004-03-23 | Joanna Newsom | Milk-Eyed Mender |
| 66 |  |
2004-03-23 | Iron & Wine | Our Endless Numbered Days |
| 32 |  |
2005 | Devendra Banhart | Crippled Crow |
| 82 |  |
2005 | Beirut | Gulag Orkestar |
| 89 |  |
2005-01-24 | Bright Eyes | I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning |
| 7 | 2005-02-08 | Andrew Bird | The Mysterious Production of Eggs | |
| 79 | 2005-07-04 | Sufjan Stevens | Illinois | |
| 1 | 2005-12-20 | The Weepies | Say I Am You | |
| 95 | 2006 | Fleet Foxes | Fleet Foxes | |
| 13 | 2006-06-06 | Alexi Murdoch | Time Without Consequence | |
| 19 |  |
2006-06-13 | Joshua Radin | We Were Here |
| 54 |  |
2006-07-17 | Ray LaMontagne | Trouble |
| 4 |  |
2006-07-25 | Midlake | The Trials Of Van Occupanther |
| 70 | 2006-11-06 | Damien Rice | 9 | |
| 39 | 2006-11-14 | Joanna Newsom | Ys | |
| 35 |  |
2007-01-30 | Beirut | Lon Gisland EP |
| 41 | 2007-03-20 | Andrew Bird | Armchair Apocrypha | |
| 100 |  |
2007-07-08 | Bon Iver | For Emma, Forever Ago |
| 73 | 2007-09-23 | Iron & Wine | The Shepherd's Dog | |
| 69 |  |
2007-10-08 | Beirut | The Flying Club Cup |
| 48 | 2008-02-11 | Laura Marling | Alas I Cannot Swim | |
| 43 | 2008-03-05 | The Tallest Man on Earth | Shallow Grave | |
| 77 | 2008-03-09 | Fleet Foxes | Sun Giant | |
| 36 | 2008-03-18 | She & Him | Volume One | |
| 27 | 2008-07-15 | Blind Pilot | 3 Rounds and a Sound | |
| 17 | 2008-08-04 | Noah and the Whale | Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down | |
| 9 | 2008-10-14 | Ray LaMontagne | Gossip In The Grain | |
| 12 | 2008-11-03 | Little Joy | Little Joy | |
| 97 | 2009-01-20 | Bon Iver | Blood Bank | |
| 63 | 2009-07-07 | Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros | Up From Below | |
| 96 | 2009-10-05 | Mumford & Sons | Sigh No More | |
| 40 | 2009-10 | Kings of Convenience | Declaration of Dependence | |
| 2 |  |
2009-11-02 | Local Natives | Gorilla Manor |
| 57 |  |
2010 | Ellie Goulding | An Introduction to Ellie Goulding EP |
| 72 |  |
2010 | Taylor Swift | evermore |
| 99 |  |
2010 | Taylor Swift | FOlKlORE |
| 34 |  |
2010-03-01 | Laura Marling | I Speak Because I Can |
| 53 |  |
2010-03-12 | Angus & Julia Stone | Down the Way |
| 49 | 2010-04-12 | The Tallest Man on Earth | The Wild Hunt | |
| 55 |  |
2010-06-29 | The Head and the Heart | The Head and The Heart |
| 68 |  |
2011 | Daughter | The Wild Youth EP |
| 98 |  |
2011 | Ed Sheeran | Shape of You |
| 76 | 2011-01-01 | Ben Howard | Every Kingdom | |
| 26 |  |
2011-01-10 | The Civil Wars | Barton Hollow |
| 80 | 2011-04-29 | Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues | |
| 56 | 2011-08-02 | Beirut | The Rip Tide | |
| 61 | 2011-11-07 | Birdy | Birdy | |
| 29 | 2012-01-17 | First Aid Kit | The Lion's Roar | |
| 90 | 2012-04-03 | The Lumineers | The Lumineers | |
| 59 | 2012-09-13 | Mumford & Sons | Babel | |
| 3 | 2013-09-27 | Agnes Obel | Aventine | |
| 52 |  |
2014-03-31 | First Aid Kit | My Silver Lining |
| 85 |  |
2014-06-23 | Ed Sheeran | x (Deluxe Edition) |
| 37 | 2015-02-09 | Father John Misty | I Love You, Honeybear | |
| 91 |  |
2015-04-06 | Lord Huron | Strange Trails |
| 47 |  |
2016 | Aurora | All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend (Deluxe) |
| 74 |  |
2016-04-08 | The Lumineers | Cleopatra |
| 44 |  |
2016-06-10 | Kaleo | A/B |
| 83 |  |
2017-05-26 | Novo Amor | Bathing Beach |
| 88 |  |
2017-06-09 | Miley Cyrus | Malibu |
| 15 |  |
2017-06-23 | Jaymes Young | Feel Something |
| 94 |  |
2018 | Sufjan Stevens | Come On Feel The Illinoise! |
| 84 |  |
2018-09-12 | Lana Del Rey | Mariners Apartment Complex |
| 86 |  |
2020-08-04 | Taylor Swift | folklore (Deluxe Version) |
| 38 |  |
2020-10-25 | Wilbur Soot | Your City Gave Me Asthma |
| 93 |  |
2020-12-18 | Taylor Swift | evermore (deluxe version) |
| 50 |  |
2021-03-19 | Lana Del Rey | Chemtrails Over the Country Club |
| 81 |  |
2022-10-03 | Ed Sheeran | Castle on the Hill |
| 42 |  |
2023-11-11 | Winter Aid | The Wisp Sings |
| 22 |  |
2024-06-21 | Gracie Abrams | The Secret Of Us |
| 20 |  |
Ray LaMontagne | Till the Sun Turns Black |