The albums that define
folk rock.
Our picks for where to start with folk rock — with a one-line read on why each one matters.
Top folk rock artists
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The folk rock essentials
Twenty-four picks. Press play on any of them.
Simon & Garfunkel
Bookends
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Leb i sol
Kao kakao
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Eagles
Long Road Out of Eden
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R.E.M.
Collapse into Now
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R.E.M.
Accelerate
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The Tragically Hip
Day for Night
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The Tragically Hip
Phantom Power
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The Cranberries
Gold
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The Cranberries
In the End
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Ben Harper
Wide Open Light
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PJ Harvey
I Inside the Old Year Dying
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PJ Harvey
Let England Shake
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PJ Harvey
White Chalk
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PJ Harvey
The Hope Six Demolition Project
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PJ Harvey
A Woman a Man Walked By
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John Mayer
Paradise Valley
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John Mayer
Battle Studies
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John Mayer
Born and Raised
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John Mayer
Continuum
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Sinéad O'Connor
I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss
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Sinéad O'Connor
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
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Sinéad O'Connor
The Lion and the Cobra
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Sinéad O'Connor
Throw Down Your Arms
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The Waterboys
All Souls Hill
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Mumford & Sons
Babel
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Mumford & Sons
Rushmere
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Mumford & Sons
Wilder Mind
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Mumford & Sons
Sigh No More
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Blackmore's Night
Ghost of a Rose
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Blackmore's Night
Dancer and the Moon
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The Wallflowers
Red Letter Days
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The Wallflowers
Collected: 1996-2005
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The Wallflowers
Rebel, Sweetheart
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The Wallflowers
Bringing Down the Horse
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The Wallflowers
Glad All Over
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The Wallflowers
Exit Wounds
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The Wallflowers
Breach
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Robert Plant
Band of Joy
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Robert Plant
Pictures at Eleven
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Robert Plant
Dreamland
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Robert Plant
Lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar
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Robert Plant
Raising Sand
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Verka Serduchka
Sexy
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Verka Serduchka
Kha-ra-sho!
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Mitski
Bury Me at Makeout Creek
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Mitski
The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
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Mitski
Laurel Hell
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Jake Bugg
Saturday Night Sunday Morning
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Ofra Haza
Yemenite Songs
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Pearls Before Swine
One Nation Underground
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