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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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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Music Quiz: Robots on Album Covers

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Recent blog posts

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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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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10 Best Hit Songs of the 1980s

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My list of the ten worst songs of the 1980s...
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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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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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Top-Rated Albums

The following albums have scored at least a 9 on...
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Kathleen Edwards Album Reviews

Kathleen Edwards was born in Ottawa but spent part of...
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Sandy Denny Album Reviews

After recording 1969’s landmark folk-rock album Liege & Lief, Fairport...
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The Band Album Reviews

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

Rivers Cuomo moved to Los Angeles from Connecticut with his...
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2000s Miscellany

This page collects miscellaneous reviews for artists who don’t have...
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La Bamba by Ritchie Valens: Great B-Sides

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‘La Bamba’ is a traditional Mexican folk song, from the...
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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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10 Best Joni Mitchell Songs after 1980

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Joni Mitchell peaked in the 1970s with a terrific sequence...
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Pink Floyd Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

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Formed by London architecture students in 1964, Pink Floyd are one...
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XTC: Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

Swindon’s XTC formed in the early 1970s, initially playing glam...
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Ranking Jason Isbell’s Discography

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