Novalis's "Top 50 Folk Albums"

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This is an alphabetical list of my favorite folk records. For more diversity, I’ve restricted my choice to two albums per artist. Highway 61 Revisited has been left out, since I don’t really consider it as folk.

  1. 1.
    The Madcap Laughs
    by Syd Barrett

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  2. 2.
    Seal of the Blue Lotus

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  3. 4.
    Give Me Take You
    by Duncan Browne

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  4. 5.
    Goodbye and Hello
    by Tim Buckley

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  5. 6.
    Lorca
    by Tim Buckley

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  6. 7.
    Fantasias for Guitar & Banjo
    by Sandy Bull

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  7. 8.
    Songs of Leonard Cohen
    by Leonard Cohen

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  8. 9.
    Songs of Love and Hate
    by Leonard Cohen

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  9. 10.
    First Utterance
    by Comus

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  10. 11.
    Into the Purple Valley
    by Ry Cooder

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  11. 12.
    Boomer's Story
    by Ry Cooder

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  12. 13.
    Five Leaves Left
    by Nick Drake

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  13. 14.
    Pink Moon
    by Nick Drake

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  14. 15.
    Bringing It All Back Home
    by Bob Dylan

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  15. 16.
    Blonde on Blonde
    by Bob Dylan

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  16. 17.
    Exuma, Vol. 1
    by Exuma

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  17. 18.
    Days Have Gone By, Vol. 6
    by John Fahey

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  18. 19.
    Fare Forward Voyagers

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  19. 20.
    Unhalfbricking
    by Fairport Convention

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  20. 21.
    Liege & Lief
    by Fairport Convention

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  21. 22.
    Snuffbox Immanence
    by Ghost

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  22. 23.
    Folk, Blues & Beyond...

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  23. 24.
    Large as Life & Twice as Natural
    by Davy Graham

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  24. 25.
    ?
    2
    by Grupo de Experimentacion Sonora del ICAIC

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  25. 26.
    Stormcock

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  26. 27.
    I Often Dream of Trains
    by Robyn Hitchcock

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  27. 28.
    ?
    1 & 2
    by Holy Modal Rounders

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  28. 29.
    The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion
    by The Incredible String Band

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  29. 30.
    The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
    by The Incredible String Band

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  30. 31.
    ?
    Bert Jansch
    by Bert Jansch

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  31. 32.
    Moonshine
    by Bert Jansch

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  32. 33.
    6- and 12-String Guitar
    by Leo Kottke

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  33. 34.
    My Feet Are Smiling
    by Leo Kottke

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  34. 35.
    Magna Carta
    by Magna Carta

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  35. 36.
    Bleecker & MacDougal
    by Fred Neil

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  36. 37.
    Fred Neil
    by Fred Neil

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  37. 38.
    Chelsea Girl
    by Nico

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  38. 39.
    Balaklava
    by Pearls Before Swine

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  39. 40.
    The Use of Ashes
    by Pearls Before Swine

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  40. 41.
    The Pentangle
    by Pentangle

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  41. 42.
    Basket of Light
    by Pentangle

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  42. 43.
    Parallelograms
    by Linda Perhacs

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  43. 44.
    Another Monday
    by John Renbourn

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  44. 45.
    The Lady and the Unicorn
    by John Renbourn

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  45. 46.
    Illuminations
    by Buffy Sainte-Marie

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  46. 47.
    ?
    Catherine Ribeiro + 2 Bis
    by Catherine Ribeiro + 2 Bis

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  47. 48.
    Oar
    by Alexander "Skip" Spence

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  48. 49.
    Ask Me No Questions
    by Bridget St. John

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  49. 50.
    Transa
    by Caetano Veloso

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Created by Novalis on Jan 16, 2009.
 

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