Others that do it for me, albeit not so completely:
John Lennon - especially DoubleFantasy. Every parent ought to listen to "Beautiful Boy" and "Fine as Fine Can Be" before tucking their kids in at night, and every married man should listen to "Woman" and "Beautiful" before tucking their wife in. Lennon's personal evolution parallels GL's in some ways.
Steeleye Span, electric folk rock from Britain, using centuries-old lyrics in some cases. The lead female singer of Steeleye Span is Maddy Prior, who is terrific. She and June Tabor (mentioned above by someone) teamed up to do two "Silly Sisters" albums which are also great.
Simon and Garfunkel, Simon Without Garfunkel, Garfunkel without Simon ("Breakaway" album).
A few others.
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