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 Beach Boys—1978-1981 outtakes

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Over the last couple of days, a treasure trove of...
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Music Quiz: Three Dog Night songs

I often try to steer away from single-artist quizzes. But...
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Simon & Garfunkel Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

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Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel started their recording career as Tom...
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Recent blog posts

The Beach Boys—1978-1981 outtakes

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Over the last couple of days, a treasure trove of...
Read More

Music Quiz: Three Dog Night songs

I often try to steer away from single-artist quizzes. But...
Read More

Simon & Garfunkel Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

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Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel started their recording career as Tom...
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Nuggets II: I Wish I Was Five by Scrugg

The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up...
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Teddy Lester’s Quotes

I have an irrational love for John Finnemore’s Teddy Lester...
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Music Quiz: Third in Line

Can you identify 20 artists by their third album? https://www.sporcle.com/games/pdigoe/born-to-sporcle...
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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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Recent review pages

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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Able Tasmans Album Reviews

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

Singer-songwriter Nadia Reid hails from Port Chalmers. It’s a port...
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Peter Gabriel Album Reviews

Leaving Genesis after six albums, at the age of 25...
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The Stone Roses Album Reviews

The Stone Roses were formed in Manchester in 1983, around...
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The Blue Nile Album Reviews

The three members of The Blue Nile all attended Glasgow...
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Nic Jones Album Reviews

Born in Kent, Nic Jones grew up listening to Ray...
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New Zealand Miscellany

A bunch of New Zealand acts where I don’t have...
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10 Best Tori Amos Songs

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Tori Amos was the youngest ever person admitted to the...
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Great B-Sides: Dead Souls by Joy Division

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Despite their short career, Joy Division were one of the...
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Joy Division Substance 1977-1980

The Exploding Boy by The Cure: Great B-Sides

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The Cure have been around for more than forty years...
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Great B-Sides: This Christmas by Shoes

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I was originally planning to feature Elton John’s Christmas themed...
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Five Best Songs by The Front Lawn

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The Flight of the Conchords weren’t New Zealand’s first musical/theatrical...
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Grendel by Marillion: Great B-Sides

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Marillion were named after JRR Tolkien’s The Silmarillion, and were...
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