Aphoristic Album Reviews

Obsessively chronicling one person’s exploration of popular music

Welcome to Aphoristic Album Reviews, where I discuss highlights from the last sixty years of popular music. I write album reviews, highlight my favourite albums, blog regularly, and make lists.

Nuggets II: My Life by Thor’s Hammer

Nuggets II

The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up...

Music Quiz: Complete the Band Name… With a Picture II

Sporcle

I featured the first quiz in this series back in...

Ten Favourite Music Producers

Lists

The role of a music producer can be difficult to...

Nuggets II: My Life by Thor’s Hammer

Nuggets II

The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up...

Music Quiz: Complete the Band Name… With a Picture II

Sporcle

I featured the first quiz in this series back in...

Ten Favourite Music Producers

Lists

The role of a music producer can be difficult to...

New Music Reviews: Springsteen, Wet Leg, and Edwyn Collins

2025,New Music Reviews

This week we have missives from New Jersey, the Isle...

Easy On Me by Adele

2020s,NZ #1 hits

Every New Zealand #1 single 4 Easy on Me by...

Music Quiz: Complete the Song Titles II

Sporcle

It’s another speed test this week. You have just 30...

Ben Folds (Five) Album Reviews

1990s

Ben Folds was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, also the...

Blondshell Album Reviews

2020s

Sabrina Teitelbaum flirted with musical success in a different guise...

Kate NV Album Reviews

2010s

Moscow-based artist Kate NV was born Eaterina Shilonosova in Kazan...

Ben Folds (Five) Album Reviews

1990s

Ben Folds was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, also the...

Blondshell Album Reviews

2020s

Sabrina Teitelbaum flirted with musical success in a different guise...

Kate NV Album Reviews

2010s

Moscow-based artist Kate NV was born Eaterina Shilonosova in Kazan...

Mk.gee Album Reviews

2020s

Michael Gordon grew up in New Jersey, where he played...

The Bangles Album Reviews

1980s

The Bangles came from the Paisley Underground, an early 1980s...

Gob Nation Album Reviews (The Tubs, Joanna Gruesome, Ex-Vöid et al)

2010s

Gob Nation are a South London-based group of musicians who...

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New Zealand Miscellany

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2000s

The New Pornographers Album Reviews

2020s

Mk.gee Album Reviews

2000s

The White Stripes Album Reviews

1980s

Amy Grant Album Reviews

2010s

The 1975 Album Reviews

2020s

Dua Lipa Album Reviews

2000s

Sigur Rós

1970s – Punk and New Wave,1980s

The Cars Album Reviews

1970s,Album Rankings

Yes Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

Album Rankings

Kate Bush Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

1980s,Album Rankings

New Order Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

1990s,2000s,Album Rankings

Radiohead Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

1970s,Album Rankings,favourite five,music

Van Morrison: Five Best Albums

1960s,1970s,Album Rankings

The Band: Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

1980s,Album Rankings

The Smiths: Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

2000s,2010s,2020s,Album Rankings

Vampire Weekend’s Albums Ranked

2010s,2020s,Album Rankings

Burna Boy: Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

2010s,Album Rankings

The French Horn in Popular Music: A Playlist

1980s,Song Lists

10 Best Hit Songs of the 1980s

Bad Lyrics,Song Lists

10 Worst Song Lyrics of All Time

1970s,1980s,The Ten Best Songs By…

10 Best Joy Division Songs

1980s,The Ten Best Songs By…

10 Best Songs by The Waterboys

The Ten Best Songs By…

10 Best John Martyn Songs

1980s,The Ten Best Songs By…

10 Best Bangles Songs

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Graham Fyfe has been writing this website since his late teens. Now in his forties, he’s been obsessively listening to albums for years. He works as a web editor and plays the piano.