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: Pick a 1990s Group By Hit

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New Music Reviews: Joshua Chuquimia Crampton and Jessie Ware

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Two polar opposites this week – mainstream dance-pop from Jessie...
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Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars

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Every New Zealand #1 single 10 Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno...
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Recent blog posts

Music Quiz: Pick a 1990s Group By Hit

Can you link an image of a 1990s band to...
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New Music Reviews: Joshua Chuquimia Crampton and Jessie Ware

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Two polar opposites this week – mainstream dance-pop from Jessie...
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Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars

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Every New Zealand #1 single 10 Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno...
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Music Quiz: Pick a 1990s Music Artist By Hit

Can you link an image of a 1990s band to...
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Jessie Ware: Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

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Jessie Ware is the UK’s most likeable pop star. She’s...
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The Blue Nile's Best Album: Hats

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The Blue Nile are famous for their lack of productivity...
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Avalon Emerson Album Reviews

San Francisco’s Avalon Emerson made her reputation as a DJ...
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Waxahatchee Album Reviews

Katie Crutchfield started playing music in high school with her...
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Dina Ögon Album Reviews

Dina Ögon are a smooth Swedish supergroup. Lead vocalist Anna...
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Avalon Emerson Album Reviews

San Francisco’s Avalon Emerson made her reputation as a DJ...
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Waxahatchee Album Reviews

Katie Crutchfield started playing music in high school with her...
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Dina Ögon Album Reviews

Dina Ögon are a smooth Swedish supergroup. Lead vocalist Anna...
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Flock of Dimes Album Reviews

Jenn Wassner is talented and prolific. She’s a member of...
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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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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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Billy Joel Album Reviews

As he helpfully informs us in his song ‘Leningrad’, Billy...
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Talk Talk Album Reviews

While there’s a natural progression between each of Talk Talk’s...
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The dB’s Album Reviews

The members of The dB’s are all from Winston-Salem, North...
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Rae Morris Album Reviews

Rachel Ann Morris took the stage name Rae Morris, a...
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Can Album Reviews

The experimental band Can were formed in Cologne in 1968...
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Trinity Roots Album Reviews

Prominent popular music from New Zealand in the late 20th...
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10 Best Marshall Crenshaw Songs

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Detroit’s Marshall Crenshaw started playing the guitar at age ten...
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Elvis Costello Albums: Ranked from Worst To Best (The First Ten Years)

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He scored a recording contract in 1977, as the punk...
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Ween: Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

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Aaron Freeman (Gene Ween) met Mickey Melchiondo (Dean Ween) in their...
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Ringo Starr had the most to lose from The Beatles‘...
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Radiohead Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

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Julia Holter: Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

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Milwaukee-born Julia Holter bridges musical worlds. She is classically trained...
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