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

  1. 2Teena MarieTeena Marie1 album here1 rating

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