Aphoristic Album Reviews

Obsessively chronicling one man’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.

New Review Pages

• Transatlantic
• John Martyn
• Natalie Hemby
• Lane Del Rey
• Recent Additions

Popular Blog Posts

• 10 Best Hit Songs of the 1990s
• 10 Best Simon and Garfunkel Songs
• Peter Gabriel’s Best Album: Peter Gabriel (1980)
• Recent Blog Posts

Review Archive

• 1960s Album Reviews
• 1970s Album Reviews
• 1980s Album Reviews
• 1990s Album Reviews
• 2000s Album Reviews
• 2010s Album Reviews
• 2020s Album Reviews
• New Zealand Album Reviews

Recent Blog Posts

• 
  Music Quiz: Today I LearnedJune 24, 2021
  Congratulations to Eclectic Music Lover, whose love of eclectic music…
• 
  New Music Reviews: Crowded House, The Chills, and Porter RobinsonJune 22, 2021
  Coincidentally this week, I review two 7th studio albums by…
• 
  Celebrate the News by The Beach Boys: Great B-SidesJune 20, 2021
  The Beach Boys spent the first half of the 1960s…

Blog Archive

• Album Rankings
• The 10 Best Songs By…
• New Music Reviews
• Great B-Sides
• Nuggets
• Miscellany