10 Best Kraftwerk Songs

Musicians used synthesizers before Kraftwerk. Karlheinz Stockhausen experimented with them in the 1950s, while Switched-On Bach reached the top ten…
Musicians used synthesizers before Kraftwerk. Karlheinz Stockhausen experimented with them in the 1950s, while Switched-On Bach reached the top ten…
Every New Zealand #1 single… 5 Love Yourself by Justin Bieber Topped the NZ chart: from 7 December 2015 for…
Congratulations to Tony, who joined me on 18/20 in last week’s Album Covers III quiz. This week your challenge is…
Two female solo artists this week. But they’re drastically different. Kara Jackson is a bluesy singer-songwriter, brutally honest on her…
Every New Zealand #1 single… 8 End of the Road by BOYZ II MEN Topped the NZ chart: from 18…
Welcome back to another week of quizzing. Tony just pipped James Kalyn for bragging rights in last week’s 2000s adjectives…
Acts from both sides of this pond this week. It’s easy to tell which artist is from which side. Blake…
Before he became Patti Smith’s lead guitarist, Lenny Kaye compiled the 2 album set, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First…
Welcome back for another exciting season of quizzing. Last week’s title was shared by Tony and Jim. Both scored 22/22…
Every New Zealand #1 single… 1 Axel F by Crazy Frog Topped the NZ chart: from 18 July 2005 for…
Every New Zealand #1 single… Lovesick Blues by Frank Ifield Topped the NZ chart: 10 January 1963 for 1 week.…
Welcome back for another music quiz. Last week Heavy Metal Overlord was the most adept at telling the difference between…
Two very different artists this week. London band The Clientele dip into 1960s chamber-pop with their seventh studio album. Chicago’s…
Before he became Patti Smith’s lead guitarist, Lenny Kaye compiled the 2 album set, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First…
Congratulations to Tony, the fastest contestant to score 24/24 in last week’s 1990s quiz. This week, your challenge is distinguishing…
Burna Boy’s seventh album, I Told Them…, recently topped the UK charts. It feels symbolic, with the Nigerian-born artist the…
Before he became Patti Smith’s lead guitarist, Lenny Kaye compiled the 2 album set, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First…
NostalgicItalian finished a few seconds ahead of EclecticMusicLover in last week’s music quiz, demonstrating fast recall at 1980s song titles.…
Two sequels from very different artists this week, following up their 2020 records. English art-rocker Westerman releases his second record,…
Crowded House’s Woodface was released in 1991. It marked a turning point in their commercial fortunes in pop music’s major…
Welcome back for another music quiz. Last week’s results were tight – lots of people clocked in around 2:50, but…
Two critically revered female acts this week – Dorset’s PJ Harvey and Japanese-born Mitski. They both feature unwieldy album titles,…
Japanese-American indie-rock musician Mitski is one of the most interesting figures currently working in popular music – Iggy Pop famously…
Before he became Patti Smith’s lead guitarist, Lenny Kaye compiled the 2 album set, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First…
There were a lot of 18/20s in last week’s quiz, but a couple of contestants made it to 20/20 –…
Elton John became a superstar in the early 1970s. But to my mind, he was more of a singles artist…
James Vernon Taylor became the figurehead of the early 1970s singer-songwriter movement. He appeared on the cover of Time magazine…
Welcome back to this week’s quiz. I had to prepare this post in advance as I’m on holiday, so at…
It’s challenging to write about Canadian sisters Kate & Anna McGarrigle without discussing their family connections. The nature of this…
Before he became Patti Smith’s lead guitarist, Lenny Kaye compiled the 2 album set, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First…
Another week, another quiz. The defender of the crown this week is JB Robichaud from , who scored 27/28 in…
Just over two years ago, I reviewed new releases by Cleo Sol, Squid, and XTC’s Andy Partridge. Coincidentally, Squid and…
Before he became Patti Smith’s lead guitarist, Lenny Kaye compiled the 2 album set, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First…
Congratulations to Pierce from ThePress, who seems to have scored the fastest time in last week’s quiz. This week, your…
General elections are held every three years in New Zealand and they’re due soon. Our electoral system is known as…
Before he became Patti Smith’s lead guitarist, Lenny Kaye compiled the 2 album set, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First…
Welcome back to this week’s music quiz. Congratulations to everyone who scored 28/28 last week. It looks like Rich Kamerman…
Two more female solo artists this week, and again they’re quite different from each other. Jessy Lanza, from Hamilton, Ontario,…
Rage Against the Machine’s debut album was a slow-burn success. Their debut single ‘Killing in the Name’ was initially released…
Welcome back to this week’s music quiz. It was a tough quiz last week, but Max from powerpop.blog and Rich…
Two very different female artists this week – a classy singer-songwriter record from Julie Byrne, and an attitude-fuelled rock album…
Before he became Patti Smith’s lead guitarist, Lenny Kaye compiled the 2 album set, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First…
Congratulations to 2loud2old and Tony, who both scored 20/20 in last week’s greatest hits VII quiz. It is with an…
New York’s Talking Heads are one of my favourite bands of the new wave era. David Byrne was the nervy…
California’s Tom Waits is effectively the patron saint of this website. My Waits album ranking was the first post from…
We’re up to number 7 in our series. Can you identify the greatest hits by its cover? Congratulations to 2loud2oldmusic…
Today’s records are both eclectic – Meshell Ndegeocello demonstrates an uncanny ability to play anything, from dub to jazz to…
Before he became Patti Smith’s lead guitarist, Lenny Kaye compiled the 2 album set, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First…
Things are getting predictable on Aphoristic Album Reviews this week, as we move onto the sixth installment of greatest hits…
Nic Jones emerged in the fertile folk scene of the late 1960s. While contemporaries like Richard Thompson, Sandy Denny, and…
Ron and Russell Mael grew up in Pacific Palisades, California, surfing and modelling for mail order catalogues. They both studied…
We had two 19/20 entries in last week’s quiz – 2loud2oldmusic had the fastest recorded time. This week your challenge…
There’s a lot of stylistic range in these two albums – the dark and droning Irish folk of Lankum, and…
Before he became Patti Smith’s lead guitarist, Lenny Kaye compiled the 2 album set, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First…
Congratulations to Max, who won last week’s Great Hits Albums IV quiz. I also forgot to announce a winner the…
Original Eagles bassist and vocalist Randy Meisner passed away last week. It wasn’t a surprise – he’d been battling physical…
The four members of 10cc were all veterans of the 1960s music scene. Graham Gouldman was a successful songwriter, penning…
Just like the previous two weeks, you’re invited to join regular readers in identifying which artist a greatest hits collection…
Americana stalwart Jason Isbell is back with a terrific new record, while The Japanese House continues to deepen her craft…
Before he became Patti Smith’s lead guitarist, Lenny Kaye compiled the 2 album set, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First…
There were a bunch of 20/20 scores in last week’s Greatest Hits Albums quiz, but Tony had the fastest reported…
Jenny Lewis’ musical career is the second act in her working life. She first achieved fame as a child star,…
Jeff Buckley is best known for his sensitive reading of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’. It’s well done, but taken alone it…
Congratulations to the Punk Panther and to Rich Kamerman, who both scored 20/20 in last week’s Classic Rock Cover Match…
Lloyd Chudley Alexander was stationed in Wales during the Second World War. He was inspired by the country’s scenery and…
Before he became Patti Smith’s lead guitarist, Lenny Kaye compiled the 2 album set, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First…
There were plenty of healthy scores in last week’s hard-to-Google band quiz – noone’s score could be described as “paltry”,…
One of this week’s artists is almost four times as old as the other – 81-year-old veteran Paul Simon has…
Despite writing hit songs in the late 1960s and her induction into the rock and roll hall of fame, Laura Nyro is…
Congratulations to James Kalyn, who scored 18/18 in less than a minute in last week’s Hard to Google Bands quiz…
This week, we have two female songwriters, both from the northwest. Country/Americana artist Brandy Clark is from the Pacific Northwest…
Before he became Patti Smith’s lead guitarist, Lenny Kaye compiled the 2 album set, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First…
Tony last week’s last Last Last Last quiz lasted less than one minute, making him the last from last place.…
Van Morrison’s enjoyed a long and prolific career. Like Neil Young, he’s continued to released a new studio album almost…
Californian folk-rock band Buffalo Springfield were short-lived but signicant. They recorded one of the defining protest songs of the 1960s, ‘For…
Well done to Tony, who just pipped EclecticMusicLover for the best score in last week’s music quiz. Last week’s quiz…
This week I cover two solo artists – neither of whom I was familiar with before this year. It’s my…
Before he became Patti Smith’s lead guitarist, Lenny Kaye compiled the 2 album set, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First…
Welcome back! Last week, quite a few people managed to score 21/21 in the Last Last Last #3 quiz, but…
Natalie Merchant recently released her sixth solo album, Keep Your Courage. It seems like a good opportunity to revisit her…
In tandem with Robert Forster, Grant McLennan was a vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for literate Australian jangle-pop band The Go-Betweens.…
Last week’s debut album quiz proved a little tough – Tony snuck through with a 19 This week your challenge…
For better or worse, there’s far less sex and violence this week than the names New Pornographers and Anna B…
Before he became Patti Smith’s lead guitarist, Lenny Kaye compiled the 2 album set, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First…
Congratulations to Rich from KamerTunesBlog, who scored the only 30/30 in last week’s quiz. This week, your challenge is to…
It’s a week of milestones this week – we have marriage and motherhood and an engagement. Meanwhile, Fever Ray’s Karin…
Caroline Polachek has enjoyed a breakout year, enjoying critical adoration for her second solo album, Desire, I Want to Turn…
Congratulations to Tony, who scored 20/20 in last week’s quiz. This week’s quiz perhaps requires a bit less musical expertise…
Published in 1931–32, with 12 volumes, 7 million words, 9,000 pages and 50,000 articles, the second edition of Everyman’s Encyclopedia…
Before he became Patti Smith’s lead guitarist, Lenny Kaye compiled the 2 album set, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First…
Congratulations to Tony, who scored the fastest 19/20 in last week’s quiz. This week, it’s more of the same –…
Both artists this week have links to Faith No More. Eddie Chacon played in a band with FNM drummer Mike…
In 1979, The Soft Boys released their debut album, A Can of Bees. By 1985, the members of the now-defunct…
Congratulations to Tony, who just pipped EclecticMusicLover in last week’s First Three Songs #10 quiz, both scoring 19 It’s another…
The UK’s most likeable pop star, Jessie Ware is charming whereas other mainstream acts leave me cold. She has a…
Before he became Patti Smith’s lead guitarist, Lenny Kaye compiled the 2 album set, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First…