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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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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Low by Flo Rida (featuring T-Pain)

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Every New Zealand #1 single 4 Low by Flo Rida...
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Music Quiz: Robots on Album Covers

Can you identify album covers featuring robots? https://www.sporcle.com/games/Bernerner63/robots-on-album-covers We’re here...
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Recent blog posts

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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Low by Flo Rida (featuring T-Pain)

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Every New Zealand #1 single 4 Low by Flo Rida...
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Music Quiz: Robots on Album Covers

Can you identify album covers featuring robots? https://www.sporcle.com/games/Bernerner63/robots-on-album-covers We’re here...
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10 Best Hit Songs of the 1980s

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My list of the ten worst songs of the 1980s...
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New Music Reviews: Dry Cleaning and Charli XCX

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We’re stuck in the UK this week – the deadpan...
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Nuggets II: Slaves Time by The Slaves

The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up...
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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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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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Gob Nation Album Reviews (The Tubs, Joanna Gruesome,  Ex-Vöid et al)

Gob Nation are a South London-based group of musicians who...
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The Last Dinner Party Album Reviews

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

Growing up in Auckland’s North Shore, Don McGlashan and Harry...
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Radiohead Album Reviews

Named after a Talking Heads song, Radiohead are the most...
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Radiohead Kid A

Erika de Casier Album Reviews

Smooth R&B artist Erika de Casier was born in Portugal...
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Suzanne Vega Album Reviews

Suzanne Vega was born in Santa Monica, California. At the...
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Sweet Stella Baby by Spirit: Great B-Sides

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Emerging in the late 1960s from Los Angeles, Spirit were...
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Van Morrison: Five Best Albums

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The best albums from Van Morrison's catalogue...
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Van Morrison Veedon Fleece

10 Best Steely Dan Songs

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It took me a while to warm up to the...
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Waterfall by 10cc: Great B-sides

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The four members of 10cc were all veterans of the...
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10 Best Songs by The Soft Boys

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Robyn Hitchcock started his recording career as the frontman for the...
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Child of the Moon by The Rolling Stones: Great B-Sides

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In 1967, The Rolling Stones followed The Beatles into baroque...
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Beggars Banquet The Rolling Stones

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