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: Touch by The Outsiders

Nuggets II

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

Music Quiz: Complete the 2000s Song Title… With a Picture

Sporcle

Can you complete the 2000s song title with a picture?...

10 Best Marshall Crenshaw Songs

Detroit’s Marshall Crenshaw started playing the guitar at age ten...

Nuggets II: Touch by The Outsiders

Nuggets II

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

Music Quiz: Complete the 2000s Song Title… With a Picture

Sporcle

Can you complete the 2000s song title with a picture?...

10 Best Marshall Crenshaw Songs

1980s,The Ten Best Songs By...

Detroit’s Marshall Crenshaw started playing the guitar at age ten...

New Music Reviews: Springsteen, Addison Rae, and Tyler, the Creator

2025,New Music Reviews

This might be the worst collection of album art I’ve...

Footloose by Kenny Loggins

1980s,NZ #1 hits

Every New Zealand #1 single 8 Footloose by Kenny Loggins...

Music Quiz: Complete the 1950s Song Title… With a Picture

Sporcle

Can you complete the 1950s song title with a picture?...

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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Van Morrison in the 1980s: Five Best Albums

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10 Best Jessie Ware Songs

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1970s,Song Lists

Brian Eno: Five Best Songs

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10 Best Nick Drake Songs

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1970s Album Reviews

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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.