This is an archive of album reviews that I’ve been writing since around 2000.
Reviews are organised by decade – artists are filed under their most successful or prolific decade. Sometimes this is confusing – Radiohead are filed under the 1990s, even though some of their most acclaimed music was released in the 2000s. Led Zeppelin and Joni Mitchell started their recording careers in the 1960s, but are filed under the 1970s since most of their most beloved records were released during that decade.
1960s Album Reviews
Rock and roll launched in the 1950s, but in the 1960s the rock LP as an art form came into its own. Artists like The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and The...
1970s Album Reviews
The 1970s are beloved by music nerds. Artists in various genres cranked out a 40-minute album every year. The late 1960s staked out the territory for many genres; the 1970s...
Punk and New Wave Reviews
Rock music underwent a revolution in the late 1970s. A new generation of acts arrived, often stripping their sound back with basic songs and simple arrangements. Some of these bands...
1980s Album Reviews
The 1980s often get bad press, but they were full of great music. Admittedly many acts from earlier eras struggled to adapt to new technology and made weak albums. But...
1990s Album Reviews
Because I was a teenager through the 1990s, my relationship with the decade’s music differs from other decades. I’d probably appreciate bands like Oasis and Nirvana more if I wasn’t saturated...
2000s Album Reviews
The first decade of the 21st century feels like my home territory. I spent my teenage years in the 1990s catching up with the 1960s and 1970s, so the 2000s...
2010s Album Reviews
As time has gone on, music has splintered further into sub-genres. Technology has allowed anyone with the inclination to make and release an album, and it's also easier for music...
2020s Album Reviews
Less than two years into the new decade, it's already been eventful. A global pandemic and #blacklivesmatter protests have already created ten years' worth of chaos. Because the decade's only...
New Zealand Music
As a New Zealander, this site's naturally biased towards New Zealand artists. I've collated them all into one page. New Zealand pop music didn't start in earnest until later than...
Christian Contemporary Music
I don't listen to much Christian music. Most modern worship sounds like Joshua Tree-era U2 to me. I prefer faith-based acts to not limit themselves to the Christian market, like...
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- Best Album by Year
- Bic Runga Album Reviews
- Big Star Album Reviews
- Big Thief Album Reviews
- Billie Eilish Album Reviews
- Billy Joel Album Reviews
- Bill Withers Album Reviews
- Black Midi Album Reviews
- Blog
- Bob Dylan Album Reviews
- Boygenius Album Reviews
- Brandy Clark Album Reviews
- Bressa Creeting Cake
- Brian Eno Album Reviews
- Bruce Springsteen Album Reviews
- Buffalo Springfield Album Reviews
- Burna Boy Album Reviews
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- Can Album Reviews
- Carly Rae Jepsen Album Reviews
- Carole King Album Reviews
- Caroline Polachek Album Reviews
- Cat Stevens Album Reviews
- Chairlift Album Reviews
- Charli XCX Album Reviews
- Charly Bliss Album Reviews
- Christian Contemporary Music
- Christian Contemporary Music – Miscellany
- Cleo Sol Album Reviews
- Contact
- Counting Crows Album Reviews
- Creedence Clearwater Revival Album Reviews
- Crosby, Stills & Nash Album Reviews
- Crowded House Album Reviews
- Curtis Mayfield Album Reviews
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- Jackson Browne Album Reviews
- James Taylor Album Reviews
- Jamila Woods Album Reviews
- Janelle Monáe Album Reviews
- Jars of Clay
- Jason Isbell Album Reviews
- Jeff Buckley Album Reviews
- Jellyfish Album Reviews
- Jenny Lewis Album Reviews
- Jessie Ware Album Reviews
- Jimmy Webb Album Reviews
- John Cale Album Reviews
- John Martyn Album Reviews
- Joni Mitchell Album Reviews
- Josh Rouse Album Reviews
- Joy Division Album Reviews
- Judee Sill Album Reviews
- Julia Holter Album Reviews
- Julien Baker Album Reviews
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- Magdalena Bay Album Reviews
- Maggie Rogers Album Reviews
- Manic Street Preachers
- Marillion Album Reviews
- Mark Kozelek Album Reviews
- Marlon Williams Album Reviews
- Marshall Crenshaw Album Reviews
- Martinis and Bikinis – Sam Phillips
- Matthew Sweet Album Reviews
- Mdou Moctar Album Reviews
- Miranda Lambert Album Reviews
- Mitski Album Reviews
- My Bloody Valentine Album Reviews
- M.I.A. Album Reviews
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- Nadia Reid
- Natalie Hemby Album Reviews
- Natalie Merchant Album Reviews
- Natalie Prass Album Reviews
- Neil Diamond Album Reviews
- Neil Young Album Reviews
- New Order Album Reviews
- New Zealand Miscellany
- New Zealand Music
- New Zealand #1 Hits
- Nick Drake Album Reviews
- Nic Jones Album Reviews
- Nilüfer Yanya Album Reviews
- Nuggets
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- Paramore Album Reviews
- Paul Kelly Album Reviews
- Paul Simon Album Reviews
- Paul Westerberg Album Reviews
- Pavement Album Reviews
- Pearl Jam Album Reviews
- Peter Gabriel Album Reviews
- Pet Shop Boys Album Reviews
- Phoebe Bridgers Album Reviews
- Pink Floyd Album Reviews
- Pixies Album Reviews
- Porter Robinson Album Reviews
- Portishead Album Reviews
- Prefab Sprout Album Reviews
- Punk and New Wave Miscellany
- Punk and New Wave Reviews
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- Radiohead Album Reviews
- Rae Morris Album Reviews
- Rage Against the Machine Album Reviews
- Randy Newman Album Reviews
- Ray LaMontagne Album Reviews
- Real Lies Album Reviews
- Recent Additions
- Richard and Linda Thompson Album Reviews
- Richard Dawson Album Reviews
- Richard Harris Album Reviews
- Richard X. Heyman
- Rich Mullins Album Reviews
- Robyn Hitchcock Album Reviews
- Rosalía Album Reviews
- Roxy Music Album Reviews
- Run-DMC
- R.E.M. Album Reviews
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- Sam Phillips Album Reviews
- Sandy Denny Album Reviews
- Sault Album Reviews
- Scott Walker Album Reviews
- Sheryl Crow Album Reviews
- Sigur Rós
- Simon and Garfunkel Album Reviews
- Slint
- Snail Mail Album Reviews
- Soccer Mommy Album Reviews
- Sparks Album Reviews
- Spirit Album Reviews
- Split Enz Album Reviews
- Squid Album Reviews
- Steely Dan Album Reviews
- Stevie Wonder Album Reviews
- Sting Album Reviews
- Straitjacket Fits Album Reviews
- Sufjan Stevens Album Reviews
- Sugar Album Reviews
- Suzanne Vega Album Reviews
- Syd Barrett Album Reviews
- SZA Album Reviews
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- Talking Heads Album Reviews
- Talk Talk Album Reviews
- Taylor Swift Album Reviews
- Television Album Reviews
- The Band Album Reviews
- The Beach Boys Album Reviews
- The Beach Boys Solo
- The Beatles Album Reviews
- The Beths Album Reviews
- The Blue Nile Album Reviews
- The Byrds Album Reviews
- The Cars Album Reviews
- The Chills Album Reviews
- The Clash Album Reviews
- The dB’s Album Reviews
- The Decemberists Album Reviews
- The Front Lawn Album Reviews
- The Go-Betweens Album Reviews
- The Hold Steady Album Reviews
- The Jam Album Reviews
- The Japanese House Album Reviews
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience Album Reviews
- The Moody Blues Album Reviews
- The Mutton Birds Album Reviews
- The New Pornographers Album Reviews
- The Phoenix Foundation Album Reviews
- The Police Album Reviews
- The Raincoats Album Reviews
- The Replacements Album Reviews
- The Rolling Stones Album Reviews
- The Smile Album Reviews
- The Smiths Album Reviews
- The Soft Boys Album Reviews
- The Stone Roses Album Reviews
- The Velvet Underground Album Reviews
- The Waterboys
- The White Stripes Album Reviews
- The Zombies Album Reviews
- The 1975 Album Reviews
- The 2nd Chapter of Acts
- Tiny Ruins Album Reviews
- Tirzah Album Reviews
- Todd Rundgren Album Reviews
- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Album Reviews
- Tom Waits Album Reviews
- Top-Rated Albums
- Tori Amos Album Reviews
- Townes Van Zandt Album Reviews
- Transatlantic Album Reviews
- tricot Album Reviews
- Trinity Roots Album Reviews
- Tyler, The Creator Album Reviews
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- 10,000 Maniacs Album Reviews
- 100 Best Albums of All Time
- 1950s and 1960s Miscellany
- 1960s Album Reviews
- 1970s Album Reviews
- 1970s Miscellany
- 1980s Album Reviews
- 1980s Miscellany
- 1990s Album Reviews
- 1990s Miscellany
- 2000s Album Reviews
- 2000s Miscellany
- 2010s Album Reviews
- 2010s Miscellany
- 2020s Album Reviews
- 2020s Miscellany
- 2020s Miscellany Part 2
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