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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Homeward Bound by Simon and Garfunkel

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Every New Zealand #1 single 9 Homeward Bound by Simon...
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme - Simon and Garfunkel

Music Quiz: 1971 in British Music

Can you correctly answer multi-choice questions about British music in...
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10 Best Fairport Convention Songs

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Bassist Ashley Hutchings and rhythm guitarist Simon Nicol formed Fairport Convention in...
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Fairport Convention Unhalfbricking

Recent blog posts

Homeward Bound by Simon and Garfunkel

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Every New Zealand #1 single 9 Homeward Bound by Simon...
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme - Simon and Garfunkel

Music Quiz: 1971 in British Music

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

10 Best Fairport Convention Songs

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Bassist Ashley Hutchings and rhythm guitarist Simon Nicol formed Fairport Convention in...
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Fairport Convention Unhalfbricking

New Music Reviews: Titanic, Sault, and Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore

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It’s an especially eclectic bunch this week – the ambient...
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Nuggets II: You Can Be My Baby by The Red Squares

The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up...
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Music Quiz: 3 Songs, 1 Common Name

I found this week’s quiz confusing at first. You need...
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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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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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Arooj Aftab Album Reviews

Arooj Aftab was born in Saudi Arabia to Pakistani parents...
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Wilco Album Reviews

Jeff Tweedy was always the junior partner in the pioneering...
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Wilco Being There

Dave Dobbyn Album Reviews

Every country has a songwriter who’s very successful in their...
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Jimmy Webb Album Reviews

Jimmy Webb wasn’t the only prominent person to enjoy success...
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Suzanne Vega Album Reviews

Suzanne Vega was born in Santa Monica, California. At the...
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Cassandra Jenkins Album Reviews

New York’s Cassandra Jenkins comes from a musical family. Her...
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The Ten Best Songs by The Jam

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The Jam formed in 1972 in Woking, a satellite town...
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Wilco: Five Best Albums

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When Uncle Tupelo split up after 1993’s Anodyne, guitarist and primary...
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Wilco The Album

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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The Moody Blues Core Seven Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

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Between 1967 and 1972, Birmingham’s The Moody Blues released seven...
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The Beatles: Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

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Miraculously, two of the most talented vocalists and songwriters in...
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10 Best Nick Drake Songs

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