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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Music Quiz: Robots on Album Covers

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New Music Reviews: Dry Cleaning and Charli XCX

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Recent blog posts

Music Quiz: Robots on Album Covers

Can you identify album covers featuring robots? https://www.sporcle.com/games/Bernerner63/robots-on-album-covers We’re here...
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New Music Reviews: Dry Cleaning and Charli XCX

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We’re stuck in the UK this week – the deadpan...
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Nuggets II: Slaves Time by The Slaves

The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up...
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Music Quiz: D Singers by Decade

Can you match a bunch of singers to the decade...
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Van Morrison in the 1980s: Five Best Albums

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I’ve already posted about my favourite five Van Morrison albums...
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Five Best Michael Omartian Songs

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Illinois-born Michael Omartian is best known as a producer. He...
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Michael Omartian Album Reviews

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

Michael Omartian has a vast resume as a producer and...
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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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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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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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The Band Album Reviews

The Band started as The Hawks, backing blues belter Ronnie...
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Porter Robinson Album Reviews

Porter Weston Robinson grew up in Chapel Hill, a town...
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Ray LaMontagne Album Reviews

Ray LaMontagne worked in a shoe factory in Maine. One...
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Jimmy Webb Album Reviews

Jimmy Webb wasn’t the only prominent person to enjoy success...
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Van Morrison Album Reviews

Van Morrison began his career as the vocalist for the...
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As a New Zealander, this site’s naturally biased towards New...
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Crowded House Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

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Neil Finn grew up in Te Awamutu, a provincial town...
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Let My People Go by The Pursuit of Happiness: Great B-Sides

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Canadian power-pop band The Pursuit of Happiness scored a surprise...
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Sugar Mountain by Neil Young: Great B-Sides

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Neil Young first rose to prominence in 1960s folk-rock group...
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Neil Young Decade

Warren Zevon Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

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Warren Zevon emerged later than most of his LA singer-songwriter...
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10 Best Echo & the Bunnymen Songs

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Liverpool’s second-most famous band, Echo & the Bunnymen arrived in...
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Heart of Darkness by Pere Ubu: Great B-Sides

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