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.

Recent blog posts

New Music Reviews: Avalon Emerson and Snail Mail

,
If you look at my favourite album per year list...
Read More

Nuggets II: Love Hate Revenge by Episode Six

The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up...
Read More

Music Quiz: Pick a 1970s Music Band By Hit

Can you link an image of a 1970s band to...
Read More

Recent blog posts

New Music Reviews: Avalon Emerson and Snail Mail

,
If you look at my favourite album per year list...
Read More

Nuggets II: Love Hate Revenge by Episode Six

The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up...
Read More

Music Quiz: Pick a 1970s Music Band By Hit

Can you link an image of a 1970s band to...
Read More

10 Favourite Drummers

Along with the lead singer and the flashy lead guitarist...
Read More

New Music Reviews: Mod Lang and Sun-El Musician

,
Two very different albums this week – the succinct, retro...
Read More

The Newcastle Song by Bob Hudson

,
Every New Zealand #1 single 2 The Newcastle Song by...
Read More

Recent review pages

Waxahatchee Album Reviews

Katie Crutchfield started playing music in high school with her...
Read More

Dina Ögon Album Reviews

Dina Ögon are a smooth Swedish supergroup. Lead vocalist Anna...
Read More

Flock of Dimes Album Reviews

Jenn Wassner is talented and prolific. She’s a member of...
Read More

Recent review pages

Waxahatchee Album Reviews

Katie Crutchfield started playing music in high school with her...
Read More

Dina Ögon Album Reviews

Dina Ögon are a smooth Swedish supergroup. Lead vocalist Anna...
Read More

Flock of Dimes Album Reviews

Jenn Wassner is talented and prolific. She’s a member of...
Read More

Tears For Fears Album Reviews

Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith were both members of the...
Read More

Michael Omartian Album Reviews

Michael Omartian has a vast resume as a producer and...
Read More

Midnight Oil Album Reviews

Rob Hirst and Jim Moginie formed Farm in Sydney in...
Read More

Subscribe

Subscribe to this website to get regular new posts, with lists, quizzes, and reviews.

Blog Archives

Joni Mitchell Hejira
Album Rankings
10 Best Songs By…
NZ #1 Hit Songs
Nuggets Box Set
Music Quizzes
New Music Reviews

Aphoristical

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.

Related articles:

yes-close-to-the-edgeTop-Rated Albums Album Reviews Upcoming Reviews Links to Other Music Blogs

Read about the discographies of musical acts from the 1960s to the present day. Browse this site's review archives or enjoy these random selections:

More review pages

2010s Miscellany

This page collects album reviews for 2010s artists for whom...
Read More

Lindsey Buckingham Album Reviews

Even if you don’t know him by name, you’ve surely...
Read More

Ela Minus Album Reviews

Gabriela Jimeno Caldas was born in 1990 in Bogotá, Colombia...
Read More

The Last Dinner Party Album Reviews

The Last Dinner Party were the breakout UK stars of...
Read More

Richard X. Heyman

Richard X. Heyman started his career as a backing musician...
Read More

Little Simz Album Reviews

Little Simz is a London-based rapper, singer, and actor with...
Read More

I add new blog posts to this website every week. Browse the archives or enjoy these random selections:

More blog posts

Freedy Johnston: Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

,
Frederic Fatzer grew up in the small town of Kinsley...
Read More
Freedy Johnston Blue Days Black Nights

I’m Not Like Everybody Else by The Kinks: Great B-Sides

,
The Kinks formed in Muswell Hill, London, in 1964. They...
Read More

10 Best Songs by The Soft Boys

,
Robyn Hitchcock started his recording career as the frontman for the...
Read More

10 Best James Taylor Songs

,
James Vernon Taylor became the figurehead of the early 1970s...
Read More

10 Best Kraftwerk Songs

,,
Musicians used synthesizers before Kraftwerk. Karlheinz Stockhausen experimented with them...
Read More

Bob Dylan's Best Albums of the 1960s: Ranked

,
Bob Dylan needs no introduction – he’s one of the...
Read More

Subscribe

Subscribe to receive new posts from Aphoristic Album Reviews.

Trending now
10 Favourite Drummers
Music Quiz: Pick a 1960s Music Artist By Hit
Music Quiz: Pick a 1970s Music Artist By Hit
Music Quiz: Pick a 1970s Music Band By Hit