Album Reviews

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.

  • The Band Music From Big Pink

    Rock and roll launched in the 1950s, but in the 1960s, the rock LP as…

  • Stevie Wonder Fulfillingness First Finale

    The 1970s are beloved by music nerds. Artists in various genres cranked out a 40-minute…

  • Rock music underwent a revolution in the late 1970s. A new generation of acts arrived,…

  • The 1980s often get bad press, but they were full of great music. Admittedly many…

  • Radiohead OK Computer

    Because I was a teenager through the 1990s, my relationship with the decade’s music differs from…

  • The first decade of the 21st century feels like my home territory. I spent my…

  • As time has gone on, music has splintered further into sub-genres. Technology has allowed anyone…

  • Less than two years into the new decade, it’s already been eventful. A global pandemic…

  • As a New Zealander, this site is naturally biased towards New Zealand artists. I’ve collated…

  • I don’t listen to much Christian music. Most modern worship sounds like Joshua Tree-era U2…

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Gob Nation Album Reviews (The Tubs, Joanna Gruesome,  Ex-Vöid et al)

Gob Nation are a South London-based group of musicians who...

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Tom Waits Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

California’s Tom Waits has enjoyed a remarkable career. Emerging in...

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After years of playing live, The Band recorded the Basement Tapes with...

The Velvet Underground: Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

The Velvet Underground began as a collaboration between frustrated songwriter Lou...
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12 Best Scott Walker Songs

The late Scott Walker was one of the most fascinating...

Sugar Mountain by Neil Young: Great B-Sides

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