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.
    Madcap Laughs
    by Syd Barrett
  2. 2.
    Seal of the Blue Lotus

  4. 4.
    Give Me Take You
    by Duncan Browne
  5. 5.
    Goodbye & Hello
    by Tim Buckley
  6. 6.
    Lorca
    by Tim Buckley
  7. 7.
    Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo

  8. 8.
    Songs of Leonard Cohen
    by Leonard Cohen
  9. 9.
    Songs of Love & Hate
    by Leonard Cohen
  10. 10.
    First Utterance
    by Comus
  11. 11.
    Into the Purple Valley
    by Ry Cooder
  12. 12.
    Boomer's Story
    by Ry Cooder
  13. 13.
    Five Leaves Left
    by Nick Drake
  14. 14.
    Pink Moon
    by Nick Drake
  15. 15.
    Bringing It All Back Home (Reis)
    by Bob Dylan
  16. 16.
    Blonde on Blonde (Reis)
    by Bob Dylan
  17. 17.
    Exuma 1
    by Exuma
  18. 18.
    Days Have Gone By
    by John Fahey
  19. 19.
    Fare Forward Voyagers
    by John Fahey
  20. 20.
    Unhalfbricking
    by Fairport Convention
  21. 21.
    Liege & Lief
    by Fairport Convention
  22. 22.
    Snuff Box Immanence
    by Ghost
  23. 23.
    Folk, Blues & Beyond...

  24. 24.
    Large as Life & Twice as Natural
    by Davy Graham
  25. 25.
    ?
    2
    by Grupo de Experimentacion Sonora del ICAIC
  26. 26.
    Stormcock
    by Roy Harper
  27. 27.
    I Often Dream of Trains
    by Robyn Hitchcock
  28. 28.
    1 & 2
    by Holy Modal Rounders
  29. 29.
    5000 Spirits
    by Incredible String Band
  30. 30.
    Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
    by Incredible String Band
  31. 31.
    Bert Jansch
    by Bert Jansch
  32. 32.
    Moonshine
    by Bert Jansch
  33. 33.
    6 & 12 String Guitar
    by Leo Kottke
  34. 34.
    My Feet Are Smiling
    by Leo Kottke
  35. 35.
    Magna Carta
    by Magna Carta
  36. 36.
    Bleecker & MacDougal
    by Fred Neil
  37. 37.
    Fred Neil
    by Fred Neil
  38. 38.
    Chelsea Girl
    by Nico
  39. 39.
    Balaklava
    by Pearls Before Swine
  40. 40.
    The Use of Ashes
    by Pearls Before Swine
  41. 41.
    Pentangle
    by Pentangle
  42. 42.
    Basket of Light
    by Pentangle
  43. 43.
    Parallelograms
    by Linda Perhacs
  44. 44.
    Another Monday
    by John Renbourn
  45. 45.
    The Lady and the Unicorn
    by John Renbourn
  46. 46.
    Illuminations
    by Buffy Sainte-Marie
  47. 47.
    ?
    Catherine Ribeiro + 2 Bis
    by Catherine Ribeiro + 2 Bis
  48. 48.
    Oar
    by Alexander "Skip" Spence
  49. 49.
    Ask Me No Questions
    by Bridget St John
  50. 50.
    Transa
    by Caetano Veloso
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Created by Novalis on Jan 16, 2009.
 

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