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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10 Best Jackson Browne Songs

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Jackson Browne started his music career in his teens. He...
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Nuggets II: By My Side by The Elois

The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up...
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Music Quiz: Pick a 1990s Group By Hit

Can you link an image of a 1990s band to...
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Recent blog posts

10 Best Jackson Browne Songs

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Jackson Browne started his music career in his teens. He...
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Nuggets II: By My Side by The Elois

The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up...
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Music Quiz: Pick a 1990s Group By Hit

Can you link an image of a 1990s band to...
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Suzanne Vega Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

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Singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega emerged in the mid-1980s after serving an...
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New Music Reviews: Joshua Chuquimia Crampton and Jessie Ware

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Two polar opposites this week – mainstream dance-pop from Jessie...
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Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars

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Every New Zealand #1 single 10 Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno...
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Harry Nilsson Album Reviews

Harry Edward Nilsson III successfully walked the line between commercial...
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Avalon Emerson Album Reviews

San Francisco’s Avalon Emerson made her reputation as a DJ...
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Waxahatchee Album Reviews

Katie Crutchfield started playing music in high school with her...
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Recent review pages

Harry Nilsson Album Reviews

Harry Edward Nilsson III successfully walked the line between commercial...
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Avalon Emerson Album Reviews

San Francisco’s Avalon Emerson made her reputation as a DJ...
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Waxahatchee Album Reviews

Katie Crutchfield started playing music in high school with her...
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Dina Ögon Album Reviews

Dina Ögon are a smooth Swedish supergroup. Lead vocalist Anna...
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Flock of Dimes Album Reviews

Jenn Wassner is talented and prolific. She’s a member of...
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Tears For Fears Album Reviews

Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith were both members of the...
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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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Arooj Aftab Album Reviews

Arooj Aftab was born in Saudi Arabia to Pakistani parents...
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Lana Del Rey Album Reviews

When Lana Del Rey emerged with the viral single ‘Video...
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Brandy Clark Album Reviews

Brandy Clark was born in Morton, Washington, a small logging...
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Miranda Lambert Album Reviews

Miranda Lambert was born in Longview, Texas. Her parents were...
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Sheryl Crow Album Reviews

Sheryl Crow was already on the wrong side of 30...
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Brian Eno Album Reviews

Brian Eno started his musical career as a member of...
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Brian Eno Another Green World

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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

Great B-sides: The Masterplan by Oasis

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Remember the 1990s, when physical albums sold by the truckload?...
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Oasis What's The Story Morning Glory

10 Best Go-Betweens Songs

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Robert Forster and Grant McLennan met at the University of...
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Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express The Go-Betweens

10 Best Townes Van Zandt Songs

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Singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt came from a prominent Texan family...
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Townes Van Zandt For The Sake of the Song

The 1975: Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

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The members of The 1975 met at Wilmslow High School...
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10 Best John Martyn Songs

The late John Martyn never enjoyed the mass acclaim that...
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