I scored a 19, but I’m sure someone here can get to the full 20.
PS. Do you like the new blog template? I had to pay for this one, but I think it looks a lot crisper. The old one was frustrating me as the grid pages (which I use a lot on the site) had some significant flaws like not allowing comments and not being good for SEO.
Graham Fyfe is probably the only music blogger to appreciate Neil Diamond and Ariana Grande. Aphoristic Album Reviews features reviews and blog posts across a growing spectrum of popular music.
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I got 10 ….grr I spent about a minute trying to spell Alanis Morissette’s name correctly lol
I reviewed Jagged Little Pill recently, so I could remember how to spell her last name.
Woo-hoo…I got 20/20 with :29 remaining on the clock. Clue #2 was the tough one for me but after getting the others I figured it out.
I like the blog layout.. Money well spent.
From memory, 2 was the one that I missed.
And congratulations on the 20!
Thanks. I wouldn’t have gotten clue #2 without knowing the first letters of her name.
16 – I had the name for #2 but couldn’t get the spelling!
I couldn’t even figure out the name. Just not my area of expertise at all.
18 for me. I’m with Geoff – who can remember how to spell her name? Other than herself, obviously.
It is pretty tricky. But spelling wasn’t my problem – I’m just completely unfamiliar with her, closest I’ve got is watching Wizard of Oz.
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Graham Fyfe is probably the only music blogger to appreciate both Neil Diamond and Ariana Grande. Based in Fleet Street (New Zealand), he's been writing this blog since around 2000. Aphoristic Album Reviews features reviews and blog posts across a growing spectrum of popular music.
Review Pages
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:
Echo & the Bunnymen vocalist Ian McCulloch started his career in the humbly named Crucial Three, alongside Julian Cope and Pete Wylie. As the Crucial Three morphed into The Teardrop Explodes, McCulloch formed a new band with guitarist Will Sergeant, bassist Les Pattinson, and a drum machine. After the 1979 […]
Ariana Grande-Butera was born in Boca Raton, Florida, from an Italian-American heritage. She started her career in musicals and as an actor, appearing on the teen series Victorious. She transitioned into a recording career, releasing her debut album Yours Truly in 2013, at the age of 20. Ariana Grande’s blessed […]
Miami synth-pop duo Magdalena Bay consists of songwriter/vocalist Mica Tenenbaum and musician/producer Matthew Lewin. The pair met as high school students, first playing together at Live! Modern School of Music. They formed a progressive rock band named Tabula Rasa, before going to college in separate states and breaking off their […]
Arooj Aftab was born in Saudi Arabia to Pakistani parents. She taught herself guitar and became a viral sensation in Pakistan, an early adopter of the internet with hits ‘Hallelujah’ and ‘Mera Pyaar’. She moved to the US at the age of 19 and studied at Boston’s Berklee College of […]
While his former Velvet Underground bandmate Lou Reed enjoyed a larger public profile, John Cale has always been like an invisible hand guiding the alternative music scene. Cale started his career in the early 1960s in the contemporary classical scene. He studied the viola, and worked alongside contemporary composers like […]
English trio The Police released their first album in 1978. Despite the timing, they weren’t especially punk, something that’s immediately apparent from their choice of band name. The Police were already music industry veterans when they formed – guitarist Andy Summers was already in his mid-30s and had played with […]
Blog Posts
I add new blog posts to this website every week. Browse the archives or enjoy these random selections:
Billed as “the only band that matters”, The Clash released their debut single ‘White Riot’ in the iconic punk year of 1977. But they weren’t constrained by punk – their debut explored the reggae they heard on London’s streets and they’d soon start exploring everything from disco to dub. The […]
The late Tom Petty was a great singles artist – tracks like ‘The Waiting’, ‘Refugee’, and ‘Free Fallin” sound terrific blasting from cars and on classic rock radio. Petty had so many enjoyable hits through the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s that my list of favourite Tom Petty songs is largely […]
When people talk about wasted potential in rock and roll, it’s usually premature deaths like Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, or Kurt Cobain. Pink Floyd’s original leader Syd Barrett also belongs on the list. Although Barrett lived into his sixties, his musical career was effectively over by his mid-twenties, burned out by […]
As a young music fan, I was heavily reliant on Greatest Hits for my collection. I earned $3 for mowing the lawn and new albums cost $20, so compilations were a sure-fire way of getting bang for my buck. Compilations often include new tracks alongside time-tested classics. This practice dates […]
Power-pop legend Matthew Sweet was born in Nebraska, but moved to Athens, Georgia, to join the local alt-rock scene. He recorded two unsuccessful records in the 1980s, before his 1991 breakthrough Girlfriend. The record showcased the brilliant lead guitar of Richard Lloyd and Robert Quine, as well as Sweet’s warm […]
Great music isn’t always synonymous with great lyrics – early Beach Boys records dressed up Mike Love’s mundane teen dramas with genius harmonies and sophisticated chord changes. Yes adorned Jon Anderson’s cosmic nonsense with their amazing instrumental chops. Perhaps the most extreme example is New Order. Due to the untimely […]
I got 10 ….grr I spent about a minute trying to spell Alanis Morissette’s name correctly lol
I reviewed Jagged Little Pill recently, so I could remember how to spell her last name.
Woo-hoo…I got 20/20 with :29 remaining on the clock. Clue #2 was the tough one for me but after getting the others I figured it out.
I like the blog layout.. Money well spent.
From memory, 2 was the one that I missed.
And congratulations on the 20!
Thanks. I wouldn’t have gotten clue #2 without knowing the first letters of her name.
16 – I had the name for #2 but couldn’t get the spelling!
I couldn’t even figure out the name. Just not my area of expertise at all.
18 for me. I’m with Geoff – who can remember how to spell her name? Other than herself, obviously.
It is pretty tricky. But spelling wasn’t my problem – I’m just completely unfamiliar with her, closest I’ve got is watching Wizard of Oz.
That was tough. I got 15 before the time was up.
Site looks pretty spiffy!
Solid score!