Exclaim!'s Top 10 Folk and Country Albums of 2017

Last week, we began the annual rollout of our genre-specific album lists for the Best of 2017, including the Top 20 Pop & Rock Albums, our T...

Published: December 04, 2017 13:00 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 The Weather Station The Weather Station Oct-06-2017, Singer-Songwriter
#2 A Crow Looked at Me Mount Eerie Mar-24-2017, Singer-Songwriter
#3 Semper Femina Laura Marling Mar-10-2017, Chamber Folk
#4 The Nashville Sound Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Jun-16-2017, Americana
#5 Goodnight Rhonda Lee Nicole Atkins Jul-21-2017, Pop Soul
#6 Northern Passages The Sadies Feb-10-2017, Country Rock
#7 Queens of the Breakers The Barr Brothers Oct-13-2017, Folk Rock
#8 Peasant Richard Dawson Jun-02-2017, Progressive Folk
#9 All American Made Margo Price Oct-20-2017, Neo-Traditionalist Country
#10 Not Even Happiness Julie Byrne Jan-12-2017, Contemporary Folk
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | The Weather Station | The Weather Station | Album, Oct-06-2017, Singer-Songwriter |
| #2 | A Crow Looked at Me | Mount Eerie | Album, Mar-24-2017, Singer-Songwriter |
| #3 | Semper Femina | Laura Marling | Album, Mar-10-2017, Chamber Folk |
| #4 | The Nashville Sound | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Album, Jun-16-2017, Americana |
| #5 | Goodnight Rhonda Lee | Nicole Atkins | Album, Jul-21-2017, Pop Soul |
| #6 | Northern Passages | The Sadies | Album, Feb-10-2017, Country Rock |
| #7 | Queens of the Breakers | The Barr Brothers | Album, Oct-13-2017, Folk Rock |
| #8 | Peasant | Richard Dawson | Album, Jun-02-2017, Progressive Folk |
| #9 | All American Made | Margo Price | Album, Oct-20-2017, Neo-Traditionalist Country |
| #10 | Not Even Happiness | Julie Byrne | Album, Jan-12-2017, Contemporary Folk |