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Best ambient artists of the 1970s

Prog and hard rock spent the middle of the decade getting longer while dub and krautrock quietly assembled the rhythmic machinery that pop is still borrowing. Then punk turned up and told all of them to get to the point.

Everyone who released a ambient album in the 1970s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.

  1. 2Brian EnoBrian Eno7 albums here4.14.2 avg · 11 ratings
  2. 3Klaus SchulzeKlaus Schulze5 albums here4.14.1 avg · 7 ratings
  3. 4Michael JacksonMichael Jackson1 album here4.04.0 avg · 876 ratings
  4. 5Tangerine DreamTangerine Dream8 albums here4.04.0 avg · 38 ratings
  5. 6The ResidentsThe Residents1 album here3.83.7 avg · 3 ratings
  6. 7JapanJapan1 album here2 ratings
  7. 8Robert FrippRobert Fripp1 album here2 ratings
  8. 9ClusterCluster5 albums here1 rating
  9. 10VangelisVangelis11 albums here
  10. 11Harold BuddHarold Budd1 album here
  11. 12Jan HammerJan Hammer4 albums here
  12. 13Popol VuhPopol Vuh12 albums here
  13. 14Jon HassellJon Hassell2 albums here
  14. 15Alan HawkshawAlan Hawkshaw11 albums here
  15. 16Dan Gibson1 album here

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