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Best art pop 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 art pop album in the 1970s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.

  1. 2Kate BushKate Bush1 album here4.24.3 avg · 20 ratings
  2. 3Marianne FaithfullMarianne Faithfull1 album here4.24.3 avg · 6 ratings
  3. 4SparksSparks3 albums here4.14.1 avg · 23 ratings
  4. 5John CaleJohn Cale6 albums here4.04.0 avg · 3 ratings
  5. 6Paul McCartneyPaul McCartney1 album here3.93.9 avg · 18 ratings
  6. 7Frank SinatraFrank Sinatra1 album here1 rating
  7. 8Serge GainsbourgSerge Gainsbourg1 album here1 rating
  8. 9The SlitsThe Slits1 album here1 rating
  9. 10Yoko OnoYoko Ono4 albums here
  10. 11Phil ManzaneraPhil Manzanera3 albums here
  11. 12Bill NelsonBill Nelson1 album here

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