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 albumsblog 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...

Nuggets II: You Can Be My Baby by The Red Squares

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

Recent blog posts

Music Quiz: 1971 in British Music

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

Nuggets II: You Can Be My Baby by The Red Squares

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

Music Quiz: 3 Songs, 1 Common Name

I found this week’s quiz confusing at first. You need...

10 Best LCD Soundsystem Songs

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

Cotton Eye Joe by Rednex

Every New Zealand #1 single 4 Cotton Eye Joe by...

Recent review pages

Michael Omartian Album Reviews

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

Midnight Oil Album Reviews

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

The Last Dinner Party Album Reviews

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

Recent review pages

Michael Omartian Album Reviews

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

Midnight Oil Album Reviews

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

The Last Dinner Party Album Reviews

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

Hayley Williams Album Reviews

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

Wolf Alice Album Reviews

Wolf Alice started in 2010 as an acoustic duo when...

The Go-Go’s Album Reviews

The Go-Go’s emerged from the late 1970s L.A. punk scene...

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New Music Reviews


Read about the discographies of musical acts from the 1960s to the present day. Browse this site's review archives or enjoy these random selections:

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Simon and Garfunkel Album Reviews

Simon and Garfunkel met as teenagers in a school play...
Simon and Garfunkel Bookends

Glass Beach Album Reviews

In the heady days of the 1990s, it felt like...

Bob Dylan Album Reviews

Robert Zimmerman was born in Minnesota in 1941, renaming himself...

Blondshell Album Reviews

Sabrina Teitelbaum flirted with musical success in a different guise...

Neil Young Album Reviews

Neil Young was born in Canada in 1945, where his...

Acclaimed Music

I enjoy the Acclaimed Music list of the top 50...
The Beatles Help

I add new blog posts to this website every week. Browse the archives or enjoy these random selections:

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10 Best Wilco Songs

Jeff Tweedy was the junior partner in alt-country outfit Uncle...
Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Crosby, Stills, Nash (and Young): Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash were all members...

Five Best Bruce Springsteen Albums

It took me a while to warm to Bruce Springsteen...
Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town

The dB’s: Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

The dB’s came from the same era as R.E.M., and...

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – a single-LP version

Elton John became a superstar in the early 1970s. But...

10 Best Songs by Carole King

Even before she released her first solo album, New York’s...

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