Best Indie Folk Albums

5 artists on TakeRank are tagged indie folk on MusicBrainz, and fans have voted on 42 of their albums. Transatlanticism by Death Cab for Cutie leads right now, ahead of folklore by Taylor Swift and Plans by Death Cab for Cutie. Every place here was won in head-to-head votes, with no critic scores and no streaming numbers mixed in.

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Artists

42

Albums voted on

Top Indie Folk albums

  1. 1
    Transatlanticism

    Transatlanticism

    Death Cab for Cutie (2003)

    1264

    30 votes

  2. 2
    folklore

    folklore

    Taylor Swift (2020)

    1198

    283 votes

  3. 3
    Plans

    Plans

    Death Cab for Cutie (2005)

    1158

    24 votes

  4. 4
    1989

    1989

    Taylor Swift (2014)

    1150

    281 votes

  5. 5
    evermore

    evermore

    Taylor Swift (2020)

    1117

    188 votes

  6. 6
    THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY

    THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY

    Taylor Swift (2024)

    1114

    42 votes

  7. 7
    16 / 04 / 16

    16 / 04 / 16

    Cavetown (2016)

    1111

    8 votes

  8. 8
    Kintsugi

    Kintsugi

    Death Cab for Cutie (2015)

    1095

    24 votes

  9. 9
    THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT

    THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT

    Taylor Swift (2024)

    1073

    107 votes

  10. 10
    Wilder Mind

    Wilder Mind

    Mumford & Sons (2015)

    1073

    5 votes

  11. 11
    reputation

    reputation

    Taylor Swift (2017)

    1068

    271 votes

  12. 12
    Sleepyhead

    Sleepyhead

    Cavetown (2020)

    1068

    7 votes

  13. 13
    Speak Now

    Speak Now

    Taylor Swift (2010)

    1067

    193 votes

  14. 14
    Midnights

    Midnights

    Taylor Swift (2022)

    1065

    101 votes

  15. 15
    Narrow Stairs

    Narrow Stairs

    Death Cab for Cutie (2008)

    1061

    27 votes

  16. 16
    worm food

    worm food

    Cavetown (2022)

    1054

    6 votes

  17. 17
    Red

    Red

    Taylor Swift (2012)

    1046

    97 votes

  18. 18
    Babel

    Babel

    Mumford & Sons (2012)

    1045

    5 votes

  19. 19
    Lemon Boy

    Lemon Boy

    Cavetown (2018)

    1043

    7 votes

  20. 20
    Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party

    Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party

    Hayley Williams (2025)

    1031

    2 votes

Top Indie Folk songs

  1. 1
    folklore

    august

    Taylor Swift - folklore

    1136

    4 votes

  2. 2
    reputation

    …Ready for It?

    Taylor Swift - reputation

    1104

    1 vote

  3. 3
    reputation

    Getaway Car

    Taylor Swift - reputation

    1094

    1 vote

  4. 4
    1989

    Out of the Woods

    Taylor Swift - 1989

    1089

    2 votes

  5. 5
    1989

    Style

    Taylor Swift - 1989

    1080

    4 votes

  6. 6
    Lover

    The Archer

    Taylor Swift - Lover

    1080

    1 vote

  7. 7
    Speak Now

    Enchanted

    Taylor Swift - Speak Now

    1072

    2 votes

  8. 8
    evermore

    willow

    Taylor Swift - evermore

    1063

    2 votes

  9. 9
    reputation

    Look What You Made Me Do

    Taylor Swift - reputation

    1063

    1 vote

  10. 10
    The Life of a Showgirl

    The Fate of Ophelia

    Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl

    1062

    1 vote

  11. 11
    evermore

    evermore

    Taylor Swift - evermore

    1062

    1 vote

  12. 12
    The Life of a Showgirl

    Father Figure

    Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl

    1061

    1 vote

  13. 13
    reputation

    Gorgeous

    Taylor Swift - reputation

    1060

    3 votes

  14. 14
    Lover

    Lover

    Taylor Swift - Lover

    1060

    2 votes

  15. 15
    folklore

    cardigan

    Taylor Swift - folklore

    1049

    2 votes

  16. 16
    folklore

    my tears ricochet

    Taylor Swift - folklore

    1048

    2 votes

  17. 17
    1989

    Bad Blood

    Taylor Swift - 1989

    1047

    1 vote

  18. 18
    Speak Now

    Mine

    Taylor Swift - Speak Now

    1045

    0 votes

  19. 19
    1989

    Shake It Off

    Taylor Swift - 1989

    1044

    3 votes

  20. 20
    Lover

    You Need to Calm Down

    Taylor Swift - Lover

    1044

    1 vote

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