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.

New Music Reviews: Dina Ögon, Jill Scott

2026,New Music Reviews

Always welcome, Dina Ögon deliver another album of smooth Scandinavian...

Dance Monkey by Tones and I

2020s,NZ #1 hits

Every New Zealand #1 single 1 Dance Monkey by Tones...

Music Quiz: An Anatomy of Songs Graph

Sporcle

Can you fill in the blank of these 1990s songs?...

New Music Reviews: Dina Ögon, Jill Scott

2026,New Music Reviews

Always welcome, Dina Ögon deliver another album of smooth Scandinavian...

Dance Monkey by Tones and I

2020s,NZ #1 hits

Every New Zealand #1 single 1 Dance Monkey by Tones...

Music Quiz: An Anatomy of Songs Graph

Sporcle

Can you fill in the blank of these 1990s songs?...

In Praise of Lindsey Buckingham

1980s,music

The entire 50 year history of Fleetwood Mac has essentially...

10 Best Midnight Oil Songs

1980s,1990s,Song Lists,The Ten Best Songs By...

Drummer Rob Hirst, bassist Andrew James, and guitarist Jim Moginie...

Nuggets II: The Train to Disaster by The Voice

Nuggets II

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

Tears For Fears Album Reviews

1980s

Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith were both members of the...

Michael Omartian Album Reviews

1970s

Michael Omartian has a vast resume as a producer and...

Midnight Oil Album Reviews

1970s - Punk and New Wave

Rob Hirst and Jim Moginie formed Farm in Sydney in...

Tears For Fears Album Reviews

1980s

Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith were both members of the...

Michael Omartian Album Reviews

1970s

Michael Omartian has a vast resume as a producer and...

Midnight Oil Album Reviews

1970s - Punk and New Wave

Rob Hirst and Jim Moginie formed Farm in Sydney in...

The Last Dinner Party Album Reviews

2020s

The Last Dinner Party were the breakout UK stars of...

Hayley Williams Album Reviews

2020s

Hayley Williams is best known as the lead vocalist of...

Wolf Alice Album Reviews

2010s

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.