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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Music Quiz: 50 Solo Artists…Fast and Fatal!

Welcome back for another week of quizzing. This week’s challenge...
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Pink Floyd Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

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Formed by London architecture students in 1964, Pink Floyd are one...
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Nuggets II: Nothin’ by Ugly Ducklings

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

Music Quiz: 50 Solo Artists…Fast and Fatal!

Welcome back for another week of quizzing. This week’s challenge...
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Pink Floyd Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

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Formed by London architecture students in 1964, Pink Floyd are one...
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Nuggets II: Nothin’ by Ugly Ducklings

The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up...
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New Music Reviews: Hayley Williams, Wolf Alice, and William Tyler

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Paramore’s Hayley Williams and London’s Wolf Alice continue to make...
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Music Quiz: Just Music Duos

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Talk Talk’s Best Album: The Colour of Spring

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

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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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Recent review pages

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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Ben Folds (Five) Album Reviews

Ben Folds was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, also the...
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Taylor Swift Album Reviews

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

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.

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Ducks Ltd. Album Reviews

The duo of Tom McGreevy and Evan Lewis met on...
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The Jam Album Reviews

The Jam was formed by young teens in Woking, a...
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Can Album Reviews

The experimental band Can were formed in Cologne in 1968...
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Black Midi Album Reviews

The members of Black Midi met at the BRIT School...
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Tiny Ruins Album Reviews

New Zealand is presently enjoying a strong crop of female...
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Angel Olsen Album Reviews

Singer-songwriter Angel Olsen hails from St. Louis Missouri, where she...
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Great B-Sides: Dead Souls by Joy Division

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Despite their short career, Joy Division were one of the...
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Aneurysm by Nirvana – Great B-Sides

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The classic lineup of Nirvana – Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic...
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Heart of Darkness by Pere Ubu: Great B-Sides

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Cleveland, Ohio, has a rich musical history. It has a...
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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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10 Best Counting Crows Songs

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Counting Crows bridged the gap between alternative and classic rock...
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Great B-Sides: Urge For Going by Joni Mitchell

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Joni Mitchell paid her dues playing folk clubs in the...
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