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: #1 Song to Artist Match-Up (1982)

 Who knows what tomorrow brings? But today brings a quiz...
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The Shuffle the Music Tag #2

Way back in October 2017, I was invited to participate...
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Van Morrison It's Too Late to Stop Now

Nuggets II: Sad by The (Australian) Playboys

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

Music Quiz: #1 Song to Artist Match-Up (1982)

 Who knows what tomorrow brings? But today brings a quiz...
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The Shuffle the Music Tag #2

Way back in October 2017, I was invited to participate...
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Van Morrison It's Too Late to Stop Now

Nuggets II: Sad by The (Australian) Playboys

The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up...
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Music Quiz: Women of Pop Music

Can you link the first and last names of famous...
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The Shuffle the Music Tag

I was invited to participate in the Shuffle the Music...
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Jazz Queen

New Music Reviews: Ratboys and Mandy, Indiana

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It’s an uncharacteristically rocking week. Ratboys play rootsy rock and...
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Tears For Fears Album Reviews

Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith were both members of the...
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Michael Omartian Album Reviews

Michael Omartian has a vast resume as a producer and...
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Midnight Oil Album Reviews

Rob Hirst and Jim Moginie formed Farm in Sydney in...
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Recent review pages

Tears For Fears Album Reviews

Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith were both members of the...
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Michael Omartian Album Reviews

Michael Omartian has a vast resume as a producer and...
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Midnight Oil Album Reviews

Rob Hirst and Jim Moginie formed Farm in Sydney in...
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The Last Dinner Party Album Reviews

The Last Dinner Party were the breakout UK stars of...
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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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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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Sault Album Reviews

British collective Sault have eschewed all the usual rules of...
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Tyler, The Creator Album Reviews

Tyler Gregory Okonma, better known as Tyler, the Creator, has...
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The Band Album Reviews

The Band started as The Hawks, backing blues belter Ronnie...
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Dire Straits Album Reviews

Dire Straits were a talented band at the wrong time...
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Big Star Album Reviews

Formed around former Box Tops lead singer Alex Chilton and...
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Jimmy Webb Album Reviews

Jimmy Webb wasn’t the only prominent person to enjoy success...
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10 Best Carly Rae Jepsen Songs

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Canadian pop treasure Carly Rae Jepsen achieved peak cultural saturation in...
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Great B-sides: Under the Ivy by Kate Bush

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Kate Bush‘s 1982 album The Dreaming was excellent, but it...
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Kate Bush The Hounds Of Love

Arcade Fire: Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

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Canadian indie-rock band Arcade Fire formed in Montreal in 2001...
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Carly Rae Jepsen: Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

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Carly Rae Jepsen is pigeonholed as a one-hit-wonder. Her 2012...
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Another Lonely Christmas by Prince: Great B-Sides

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The b-side is often a British commodity, but one American...
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Ranking Jason Isbell’s Discography

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