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: 1971 in British Music

Can you correctly answer multi-choice questions about British music in...
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10 Best Fairport Convention Songs

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Bassist Ashley Hutchings and rhythm guitarist Simon Nicol formed Fairport Convention in...
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Fairport Convention Unhalfbricking

New Music Reviews: Titanic, Sault, and Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore

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It’s an especially eclectic bunch this week – the ambient...
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Recent blog posts

Music Quiz: 1971 in British Music

Can you correctly answer multi-choice questions about British music in...
Read More

10 Best Fairport Convention Songs

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Bassist Ashley Hutchings and rhythm guitarist Simon Nicol formed Fairport Convention in...
Read More
Fairport Convention Unhalfbricking

New Music Reviews: Titanic, Sault, and Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore

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It’s an especially eclectic bunch this week – the ambient...
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Nuggets II: You Can Be My Baby by The Red Squares

The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up...
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Music Quiz: 3 Songs, 1 Common Name

I found this week’s quiz confusing at first. You need...
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10 Best LCD Soundsystem Songs

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New Jersey’s James Murphy obviously has a terrific record collection...
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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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Recent review pages

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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The Go-Go’s Album Reviews

The Go-Go’s emerged from the late 1970s L.A. punk scene...
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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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Jason Isbell Album Reviews

Jason Isbell joined Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley as a...
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Jason Isbell The Nashville Sound

Natalie Merchant Album Reviews

Tired of making art by committee, Natalie Merchant left the...
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Cat Stevens Album Reviews

His birth certificate says Steven Demetre Georgiou and he later...
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Bressa Creeting Cake Album Reviews

Ed McWilliams and Geoff Maddock met in art class at...
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LCD Soundsystem

James Murphy’s LCD Soundsystem blurred the lines between electronic and...
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Christian Contemporary Music – Miscellany

Album reviews of CCM artists who don’t qualify for their...
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10 Best Prog-Era Genesis Songs

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As I’ve noted on this site before, it’s remarkable how...
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10 Best Songs by The Mutton Birds

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Don McGlashan had already made an impact on the New...
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10 Best Yellow Magic Orchestra Songs

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Harry Hosono recruited keyboardist Ryuichi Sakamoto and drummer Yukihiro Takahashi...
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Great B-sides: Find the Cost of Freedom by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young

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So far, in this b-sides series, there have been four...
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Deja Vu

10 Best Songs by Carole King

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Even before she released her first solo album, New York’s...
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The Beatles: Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

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Miraculously, two of the most talented vocalists and songwriters in...
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