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: Kara Jackson and Cleo Sol
Two female solo artists this week. But they’re drastically different. Kara Jackson is a bluesy singer-songwriter, brutally honest on her debut album. Cleo Sol’s back with her second album in a month, her smooth R&B as warm and comforting as…

End of the Road by Boyz II Men
Every New Zealand #1 single… 8 End of the Road by BOYZ II MEN Topped the NZ chart: from 18 October 1992 for 7 weeks. Philadelphia vocal harmony quartet Boyz II Men were successful on the New Zealand single charts…

Music Quiz: Album Covers III
Welcome back to another week of quizzing. Tony just pipped James Kalyn for bragging rights in last week’s 2000s adjectives quiz. This week your challenge is to name the album when given its cover. It features a fun mix of…

New Music Reviews: Tirzah and Blake Mills
Acts from both sides of this pond this week. It’s easy to tell which artist is from which side. Blake Mills evokes Laurel Canyon, with traces of country and psychedelia. Tirzah has a more modern sheen. Tirzah Trip9love…??? 2023, 9/10As…

Nuggets: Journey to Tyme by Kenny and the Kasuals
Before he became Patti Smith’s lead guitarist, Lenny Kaye compiled the 2 album set, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era. Released in 1972, the two-LP set covered American garage rock and psychedelia from the years 1965-1968 and was…
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Kraftwerk Album Reviews
Introduction Düsseldorf band Kraftwerk helped to popularise electronic music in the 1970s. While the use …

Squid Album Reviews
Introduction A whole crop of young, critically acclaimed post-punk bands emerged in the UK around …

James Taylor Album Reviews
Introduction With his warm voice, pretty guitar-picking, and introspective songwriting, James Vernon Taylor was the figurehead …
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Aphoristic Album Reviews is almost entirely written by one person.
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.
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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:

Television Album Reviews

Paramore Album Reviews

Trinity Roots Album Reviews

King Crimson Album Reviews

Peter Gabriel Album Reviews

Elton John Album Reviews
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I add new blog posts to this website every week. Browse the archives or enjoy these random selections:

Roxy Music Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

10 Excellent Tom Petty Deep Cuts

The Police: Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

10 Best Wilco Songs

The Decemberists Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best
