Best downtempo songs 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.
Songs from the downtempo albums of the 1970s, ordered by their own ratings rather than the record's.
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Love Is the Answer (instrumental)The Stylistics · Let's Put It All Together - 13I Take It Out on YouThe Stylistics · Let's Put It All Together
- 14Doin' the StreetsThe Stylistics · Let's Put It All Together
- 15I Got Time on My HandsThe Stylistics · Let's Put It All Together
- 16Keeping My Fingers CrossedThe Stylistics · Let's Put It All Together
- 17We Can Make It Happen AgainThe Stylistics · Let's Put It All Together
- 18I Got a LetterThe Stylistics · Let's Put It All Together
One great song, one bad album
Tracks carry their own ratings here, so a record you would never play front to back can still have a song worth defending.
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