What is the greatest folk album ever made? Is pic related a contender?
illinoise isn't really folk, its more chamber pop i guess?
aside from songs like casimir pulaski day
Yeah I wouldn't call it folk
>>60818622
>>60818648
It's a lot of different things. I just narrow it down to folk with elements of baroque pop, but chamber pop might be more accurate
>>60818584
Fucking amazing album. I wish he didn't give up on the project of an album for every state.
>>60818953
Right? Would it have been so hard to call Carrie and Lowell "Oregon"?
>>60818584
Hunky Dory
>>60818972
Comment of the year.
>>60818584
It's a contender in that it has pretty serious folk elements, but the whole 'new weird America' movement and US indie folk in general bows down to Euro neofolk.
>>60818584
>>60818953
He didn't give up because it was never a thing. He said the 50 states project was a joke.
do u like my musics /mu/ :(
inb4 memes
>>60818584
I like a whole lot of folk; Neil Young, Nick Drake, Van Morrison. I've never listened to Illinois but I'm guessing it's not folk in that sort of vain?
PINK PINK PINK PINK
>>60822777
Nah, it's pop.
It gets lumped in with folk music because his previous album, Michigan, was more of a mix between folk and pop but he kinda steered more towards pop on this record.
Is Van Morrison considered folk?
maybe not the best but worth mentioning
>>60822566
this tee bee aitch
>>60818584
>Sufjan Stevens
>>60818584
ITAOTS
>>60818584
Astral Weeks is the best.
>>60822782
MOON MOON MOON MOON
>>60818584
Not even the best Sufjan Stevens folk album ever made, that title goes to Seven Swans
>>60818584
>posting the white hero cover
die you fucking nazi scum
>>60823058
Kind of, I guess? I usually just associate singer-songwriters of that era who use a lot of acoustic guitar with folk.
>>60818953
he gave that up because there are a lot of shitty states mate
like could you imagine trying to make an album about delaware or something
>>60822538
It wasn't a joke, he admitted it was for marketing.
>>60818584
Has some good songs but definitely not a contender for best folk album ever. Not even my favorite by Sufjan.
>>60822566
>>60824338
These two basically
How has this not been posted yet?
>>60820923
If you're going to spend effort promoting the Dead, at least promote the live stuff.
They were useless in the studio.
>>60824572
this
brokedown palace on the dead set is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard
brokedown palace on american beauty is just awful
>>60818584
At first I thought that this album is some retarded /mu circle jerk but "Illinoise" is actually grand
>any of this
>folk
>>60823081
This is chamber pop
Also its subpar to picaresque in every way
Tbqh
