Okay, the compromise version. I've reconsidered my stance on the Byrds - they pretty much created the genre and they should probably be on here. I took off Sun Kil Moon because I like that album the least of the ones I picked, but that leaves me with only one recent-ish album - I think maybe we could make a separate list for more recent folk/folk rock material, and put Molina, Will Oldham, Smog, SKM, etc. on there instead. All that said, here's the list as it stands now:
1. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
2. Joni Mitchell - Blue
3. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
4. The Band - The Band
5. Neil Young - Harvest
6. The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
7. Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
8. Songs: Ohia - Didn't it Rain
9. Pentangle - Basket of Light
10. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
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