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: #1 Song to Artist Match-Up (1982)

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Van Morrison It's Too Late to Stop Now

Recent blog posts

Music Quiz: #1 Song to Artist Match-Up (1982)

 Who knows what tomorrow brings? But today brings a quiz...
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The French Horn in Popular Music: A Playlist

As its name suggests, the French horn evolved from humans...
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The Beatles Revolver

The Shuffle the Music Tag #2

Way back in October 2017, I was invited to participate...
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Van Morrison It's Too Late to Stop Now

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The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up...
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Music Quiz: Women of Pop Music

Can you link the first and last names of famous...
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Jazz Queen

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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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Midnight Oil Album Reviews

Rob Hirst and Jim Moginie formed Farm in Sydney in...
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Recent review pages

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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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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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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Emmylou Harris Album Reviews

Emmylou Harris started as a folkie – born in Alabama...
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Jason Isbell joined Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley as a...
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Taylor Swift Album Reviews

When I started this site, I wouldn’t have considered reviewing...
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1980s Miscellany

This page collects odds and ends from 1980s artists: Beastie...
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Lauryn Hill Album Reviews

Lauryn Hill was born and raised in New Jersey. She...
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Vampire Weekend’s Albums Ranked

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It’s been a ridiculously successful couple of years for Lin-Manuel...
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10 Best Wilco Songs

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Roxy Music Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

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10 Best Songs by The Soft Boys

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