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.

Music Quiz: 1971 in British Music

Sporcle

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

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

2025,New Music Reviews

It’s an especially eclectic bunch this week – the ambient...

Nuggets II: You Can Be My Baby by The Red Squares

Nuggets II

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

Music Quiz: 1971 in British Music

Sporcle

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

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

2025,New Music Reviews

It’s an especially eclectic bunch this week – the ambient...

Nuggets II: You Can Be My Baby by The Red Squares

Nuggets II

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

Music Quiz: 3 Songs, 1 Common Name

Sporcle

I found this week’s quiz confusing at first. You need...

10 Best LCD Soundsystem Songs

2000s,The Ten Best Songs By...

New Jersey’s James Murphy obviously has a terrific record collection...

Cotton Eye Joe by Rednex

1990s,NZ #1 hits

Every New Zealand #1 single 4 Cotton Eye Joe by...

Michael Omartian Album Reviews

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

Midnight Oil Album Reviews

1970s - Punk and New Wave

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

The Last Dinner Party Album Reviews

2020s

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

Michael Omartian Album Reviews

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

Midnight Oil Album Reviews

1970s - Punk and New Wave

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

The Last Dinner Party Album Reviews

2020s

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

Hayley Williams Album Reviews

2020s

Hayley Williams is best known as the lead vocalist of...

Wolf Alice Album Reviews

2010s

Wolf Alice started in 2010 as an acoustic duo when...

The Go-Go’s Album Reviews

1970s - Punk and New Wave

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.