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.

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Positions by Ariana Grande

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Every New Zealand #1 single 8 Positions by Ariana Grande...
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Music Quiz: Cry, Die, Fly, Fall Songs

Can you complete song titles with cry, die, fly, or...
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Five Best They Might Be Giant Songs for Children

I enjoy Lincoln and I adore ‘Birdhouse In Your Soul’...
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Recent blog posts

Positions by Ariana Grande

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Every New Zealand #1 single 8 Positions by Ariana Grande...
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Music Quiz: Cry, Die, Fly, Fall Songs

Can you complete song titles with cry, die, fly, or...
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Five Best They Might Be Giant Songs for Children

I enjoy Lincoln and I adore ‘Birdhouse In Your Soul’...
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New Music Reviews: Cardiacs, Great Grandpa, and Tyler Childers

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England’s zolo band Cardiacs return, despite the 2020 passing of...
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Nuggets II: How Does It Feel to Feel by The Creation

The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up...
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Music Quiz: Trivial Twenty—Music

We’ve finished working through Grammy winners – well done on...
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Wolf Alice Album Reviews

Wolf Alice started in 2010 as an acoustic duo when...
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The Go-Go’s Album Reviews

The Go-Go’s emerged from the late 1970s L.A. punk scene...
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Able Tasmans Album Reviews

Graeme Humphreys started his musical career in the Whangārei band...
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Recent review pages

Wolf Alice Album Reviews

Wolf Alice started in 2010 as an acoustic duo when...
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The Go-Go’s Album Reviews

The Go-Go’s emerged from the late 1970s L.A. punk scene...
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Able Tasmans Album Reviews

Graeme Humphreys started his musical career in the Whangārei band...
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Weezer Album Reviews

Rivers Cuomo moved to Los Angeles from Connecticut with his...
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Wet Leg Album Reviews

Isle of Wight’s Wet Leg were breakout stars in 2021...
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Bruce Springsteen Album Reviews

Based on his radio hits I once classed Bruce Springsteen as...
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Bruce Springsteen - The Promise

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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.

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The Cars Album Reviews

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Boston quintet The Cars were arguably the quintessential New Wave...
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Burna Boy Album Reviews

Nigeria’s Burna Boy was born Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu. He’s connected...
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These are the sites that feel like part of this...
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Kelly Lee Owens Album Reviews

Producer and musician Kelly Lee Owens grew up in a...
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New Zealand #1 Hits

New Zealand’s singles charts took a while to arrive. The...
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1960s Album Reviews

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Rock and roll launched in the 1950s, but in the...
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Genesis Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

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Originating at Charterhouse School, one of England’s most prestigious public schools...
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King Crimson: Five Best Albums

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King Crimson aren’t so much a band as a series...
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10 Best Kate Bush Songs

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English art-pop artist Kate Bush is a creative genius, who...
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Five Best Songs by The Front Lawn

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The Flight of the Conchords weren’t New Zealand’s first musical/theatrical...
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Sugar Mountain by Neil Young: Great B-Sides

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The Exploding Boy by The Cure: Great B-Sides

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The Cure have been around for more than forty years...
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