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 albumsblog regularly, and make lists.

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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...

Teddy Lester’s Quotes

I have an irrational love for John Finnemore’s Teddy Lester...

Music Quiz: Third in Line

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

Recent blog posts

Nuggets II: I Wish I Was Five by Scrugg

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

Teddy Lester’s Quotes

I have an irrational love for John Finnemore’s Teddy Lester...

Music Quiz: Third in Line

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

Warren Zevon Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

Warren Zevon emerged later than most of his LA singer-songwriter...

Golden by Huntrix

Every New Zealand #1 single 2 Golden by Huntrix Topped...

Recent review pages

Midnight Oil Album Reviews

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

The Last Dinner Party Album Reviews

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

Hayley Williams Album Reviews

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

Recent review pages

Midnight Oil Album Reviews

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

The Last Dinner Party Album Reviews

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

Hayley Williams Album Reviews

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

Wolf Alice Album Reviews

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

The Go-Go’s Album Reviews

The Go-Go’s emerged from the late 1970s L.A. punk scene...

Able Tasmans Album Reviews

Graeme Humphreys started his musical career in the Whangārei band...

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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:

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Lorde Album Reviews

Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor was born in Auckland, New Zealand...

The Go-Go’s Album Reviews

The Go-Go’s emerged from the late 1970s L.A. punk scene...

Ariana Grande Album Reviews

Ariana Grande-Butera was born in Boca Raton, Florida to an...

The dB’s Album Reviews

The members of The dB’s are all from Winston-Salem, North...

Elvis Costello Album Reviews

Of all the musicians who emerged in the wake of...

Erika de Casier Album Reviews

Smooth R&B artist Erika de Casier was born in Portugal...

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10 Best Songs by Can

Classically trained pianist Irmin Schmidt and music teacher Holger Czukay...

10 Best Fairport Convention Songs

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

10 Best Songs by Carole King

Even before she released her first solo album, New York’s...

I Want to Live in a Wigwam by Cat Stevens: Great B-sides

Cat Stevens‘ work has endured because his low-key songs are...

10 Best Neil Diamond Songs

Neil Leslie Diamond is adored by mature women and ironically...

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