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: Women of Pop Music

Can you link the first and last names of famous...
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The Shuffle the Music Tag

I was nominated by Turntabletalk (thank you!) to do the shuffle...
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Jazz Queen

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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Recent blog posts

Music Quiz: Women of Pop Music

Can you link the first and last names of famous...
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The Shuffle the Music Tag

I was nominated by Turntabletalk (thank you!) to do the shuffle...
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Jazz Queen

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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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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1950s and 1960s Miscellany

Album reviews of 1950s and 1960s artists who don’t qualify...
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Arlo Guthrie Alice's Restaurant

The 1975 Album Reviews

The 1975 formed as a high school band in Wilmslow...
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Album Reviews

This is an archive of album reviews that I’ve been...
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Paul Simon Album Reviews

It wasn’t surprising that Paul Simon launched a successful solo career after...
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Paul Simon Graceland

Simon and Garfunkel Album Reviews

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

ABBA Album Reviews

As a young aphorism, ABBA were one of the first...
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The New Pornographers' Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

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The New Pornographers emerged in 2000, a conglomerate of talent...
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Sault Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

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British soul collective Sault have broken almost every rule of...
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Jenny Lewis Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

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Jenny Lewis’ musical career is the second act in her...
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10 Worst New Order Lyrics

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Great music isn’t always synonymous with great lyrics – early...
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10 Best Parry Gripp Songs

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My 8-year-old daughter decided that it was her turn to...
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Carry Me Home by AC/DC: Great B-Sides

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It’s a long way to the top (if you wanna...
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AC/DC Let There Be Rock

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