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.

Music Quiz: 50 Solo Artists…Fast and Fatal!

Sporcle

Welcome back for another week of quizzing. This week’s challenge...

Pink Floyd Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

1970s,Album Rankings

Formed by London architecture students in 1964, Pink Floyd are one...

Nuggets II: Nothin’ by Ugly Ducklings

Nuggets II

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

Music Quiz: 50 Solo Artists…Fast and Fatal!

Sporcle

Welcome back for another week of quizzing. This week’s challenge...

Pink Floyd Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

1970s,Album Rankings

Formed by London architecture students in 1964, Pink Floyd are one...

Nuggets II: Nothin’ by Ugly Ducklings

Nuggets II

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

New Music Reviews: Hayley Williams, Wolf Alice, and William Tyler

2025,New Music Reviews

Paramore’s Hayley Williams and London’s Wolf Alice continue to make...

Music Quiz: Just Music Duos

Sporcle

Welcome back for another week of quizzing. This week, your...

Talk Talk’s Best Album: The Colour of Spring

1980s,The Best Album by...

Talk Talk‘s career trajectory is one of the most fascinating...

Able Tasmans Album Reviews

NZ #1 hits

Graeme Humphreys started his musical career in the Whangārei band...

Weezer Album Reviews

1990s

Rivers Cuomo moved to Los Angeles from Connecticut with his...

Wet Leg Album Reviews

2020s

Isle of Wight’s Wet Leg were breakout stars in 2021...

Able Tasmans Album Reviews

NZ #1 hits

Graeme Humphreys started his musical career in the Whangārei band...

Weezer Album Reviews

1990s

Rivers Cuomo moved to Los Angeles from Connecticut with his...

Wet Leg Album Reviews

2020s

Isle of Wight’s Wet Leg were breakout stars in 2021...

Ben Folds (Five) Album Reviews

1990s

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

Taylor Swift Album Reviews

2010s

When I started this site, I wouldn’t have considered reviewing...

Blondshell Album Reviews

2020s

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

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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.