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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The Sign by Ace of Base

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Every New Zealand #1 single 2 The Sign by Ace...
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Music Quiz: Click, Click, BOOM! III

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10 Best Hit Songs of the 1960s

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The 1960s were an exciting time for popular music, with...
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Recent blog posts

The Sign by Ace of Base

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Every New Zealand #1 single 2 The Sign by Ace...
Read More

Music Quiz: Click, Click, BOOM! III

For the third time, this week’s challenge is sudden death...
Read More

10 Best Hit Songs of the 1960s

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The 1960s were an exciting time for popular music, with...
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Zombies Odessey and Oracle Review

New Music Reviews: Snocaps, Hatchie, and Jeff Tweedy

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The Crutchfield twins collaborate on Snocaps. Jeff Tweedy, formerly of...
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Nuggets II: Come On by The Atlantics

The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up...
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Music Quiz: Click, Click, BOOM! II

Again, this week’s challenge is sudden death – if you...
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Recent review pages

Hayley Williams Album Reviews

Hayley Williams is best known as the lead vocalist of...
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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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Recent review pages

Hayley Williams Album Reviews

Hayley Williams is best known as the lead vocalist of...
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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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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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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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Cat Stevens Album Reviews

His birth certificate says Steven Demetre Georgiou and he later...
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Pet Shop Boys Album Reviews

Introduction Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe met in a Chelsea...
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Trinity Roots Album Reviews

Prominent popular music from New Zealand in the late 20th...
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Natalie Prass Album Reviews

Natalie Prass was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and grew up...
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About Aphoristic Album Reviews

I was born in 1979, in Lower Hutt New Zealand...
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Kathleen Edwards Album Reviews

Kathleen Edwards was born in Ottawa but spent part of...
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I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams by Weezer: Great B-Sides

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Los Angeles power-pop band Weezer have pumped out records since...
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Total Eclipse by Iron Maiden: Great B-Sides

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Iron Maiden’s third album, The Number of the Beast, was...
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Neil Young: Five Best Albums

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Neil Young has enjoyed a long and erratic music career...
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Semi Detached by Split Enz: Great B-Sides

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In 1978 New Zealand art-rockers Split Enz were in crisis...
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Frenzy Split Enz

Kate Bush Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

Kate Bush exploded into popular music with her first single...
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I Want to Live in a Wigwam by Cat Stevens: Great B-sides

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Cat Stevens‘ work has endured because his low-key songs are...
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