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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The Look by Roxette

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Every New Zealand #1 single 3 The Look by Roxette...
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Music Quiz: Album of the Year Winners (2010s)

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The 1975: Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

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Recent blog posts

The Look by Roxette

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Every New Zealand #1 single 3 The Look by Roxette...
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Music Quiz: Album of the Year Winners (2010s)

As even more logic would dictate, we’re now up to...
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The 1975: Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

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The members of The 1975 met at Wilmslow High School...
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New Music Reviews: The Beths and Anna Tivel

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This week, we have confessional power pop from NZ’s The...
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Nuggets II: I’m Just A Mops by The Mops

The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up...
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Music Quiz: Album of the Year Winners (2000s)

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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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Able Tasmans Album Reviews

Graeme Humphreys started his musical career in the Whangārei band...
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Weezer Album Reviews

Rivers Cuomo moved to Los Angeles from Connecticut with his...
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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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Able Tasmans Album Reviews

Graeme Humphreys started his musical career in the Whangārei band...
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Weezer Album Reviews

Rivers Cuomo moved to Los Angeles from Connecticut with his...
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Wet Leg Album Reviews

Isle of Wight’s Wet Leg were breakout stars in 2021...
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Ben Folds (Five) Album Reviews

Ben Folds was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, also the...
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Taylor Swift Album Reviews

When I started this site, I wouldn’t have considered reviewing...
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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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Tori Amos Album Reviews

Born Myra Ellen Amos, in North Carolina, Tori Amos took...
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Japanese Breakfast Album Reviews

Michelle Zauner was born in South Korea and started her...
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Gillian Welch Album Reviews

Americana artist Gillian Welch was born in New York and...
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2020s Album Reviews

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Lots of dedicated music fans are sniffy about mainstream pop...
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