Two Word Album Titles by Image
Congratulations to Tony (), who scored an imperious 20/20 on the song by two word hint quiz. This week Sporcle gives you the album cover of an album with two words, and you name it. I scored a perfect 24…
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Richard and Linda Thompson Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best
English folk-rock duo Richard and Linda Thompson’s career resembled a soap opera. Active as recording artists between 1974 and 1982, they married, released three albums in quick succession, then spent three years in a Sufi Muslim commune where Richard’s religious…
Album Battle – Wilco vs Radiohead
A game I like to play on my cycle commute from work is figuring out the best band of each ten year era. For instance, The Beatles and Bob Dylan are contenders for 1960-1970, while 1985-1995 has a few contestants,…
Music Quiz – Neil Young
It’s certainly been Neil Young week on this blog. Thanks to the kind folk at , the site has been inundated with Neil Young fans. In honour of Neil Young, this week’s Sporcle Challenge is to identify the 50 Neil Young songs…
The Woodstock Movie
An analysis of the 1969 Woodstock movie.
Site Updates: 500 Ratings and a New Domain
Aphoristic Album Reviews has had a couple of significant milestones this week. 500 Ratings I’ve been keeping a record of this site’s album ratings, and I just hit 500 ratings this week. This is a graph of all the album…
Rating The Beatles’ Albums
Obviously The Beatles are the most celebrated and analysed pop band in the history of music, and I don’t have anything especial to add to the conversation. The main reasons that I’m covering them is that I like them –…
Ten worst pop stinkers ever – A Letter to the Editor
Ten worst pop stinkers ever I wrote this in response to a list published in a major New Zealand weekly magazine (The NZ Listener). It was published, despite its unusual format, in February 2002: Even though the enjoyment of a…
An Introduction to Townes Van Zandt
“There are only two kinds of songs; there’s the blues, and there’s zip-a-dee-doo-dah.” – Townes Van Zandt Townes Van Zandt (1944-1997) was a Texan folk, blues, and country musician, most notable for his profound songs. His debut album, 1968’s For…
An Introduction to Simon and Garfunkel
Simon and Garfunkel were my first favourite musical group, and the first I covered on Aphoristic Album Reviews. Paul Simon wrote the songs, while Art Garfunkel provided gorgeous harmony vocals. They released five albums, before breaking up in 1970; here’s…
