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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The Shuffle the Music Tag #2

Way back in October 2017, I was invited to participate...
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Van Morrison It's Too Late to Stop Now

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The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up...
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Music Quiz: Women of Pop Music

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Recent blog posts

The Shuffle the Music Tag #2

Way back in October 2017, I was invited to participate...
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Van Morrison It's Too Late to Stop Now

Nuggets II: Sad by The (Australian) Playboys

The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up...
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Music Quiz: Women of Pop Music

Can you link the first and last names of famous...
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The Shuffle the Music Tag

I was invited to participate in the Shuffle the Music...
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Jazz Queen

New Music Reviews: Ratboys and Mandy, Indiana

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It’s an uncharacteristically rocking week. Ratboys play rootsy rock and...
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Low by Flo Rida (featuring T-Pain)

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Every New Zealand #1 single 4 Low by Flo Rida...
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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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Recent review pages

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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Vashti Bunyan Album Reviews

English folk-singer Vashti Bunyan has enjoyed a unique career trajectory...
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Split Enz Album Reviews

Formed by a group of Auckland students in 1972, Split...
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The consequence of reviewing new releases each week is that...
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Ducks Ltd. Album Reviews

The duo of Tom McGreevy and Evan Lewis met on...
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The Police Album Reviews

English trio The Police released their first album in 1978...
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John Cale Album Reviews

While his former Velvet Underground bandmate Lou Reed enjoyed a...
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Genesis Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

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Originating at Charterhouse School, one of England’s most prestigious public schools...
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10 Best Dire Straits Songs

Dire Straits emerged at the height of punk in the...
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Great B-Sides: She Don't Care About Time by The Byrds

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The early Byrds albums are best known for their cover...
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Suzanne Vega Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

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Singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega emerged in the mid-1980s after serving an...
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The Definitive Charli XCX Album Ranking

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British pop maverick has enjoyed her most successful album release...
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10 Best Moody Blues Songs

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