XGAU FRIDAY 076

Randomized selections from a very incomplete (yet pretty large) playlist of Robert Christgau’s Honorable-Mention mentions and Choice-Cut choices, as well as other song recommendations or even faint praise from Additional Consumer News and from reviews mostly of albums receiving less than an A-Minus. (A-grade albums being best heard whole.)

[artist links to Xgau/song links to album] 

Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra, Caje Sukarije (Beautiful Girl), 0:00

Green Day, One For the Razorbacks, 3:34

Quincy Jones, Back On The Block, 6:04

Jaguar Love, The Man With the Plastic Suns, 12:38

Bruce Springsteen, The Ghost Of Tom Joad, 17:10

T.I., No Mediocre (Feat. Iggy Azalea), 21:37

Trisha Yearwood, She's In Love With The Boy, 24:59

B.B. King, The World Is Gone Wrong, 29:05

Snap!, The Power, 33:30

Erykah Badu, Rimshot (Outro), 39:13

Sebadoh, The Freed Pig, 41:33

Herbie Hancock Feat. Corinne Bailey Rae, River, 44:43

The High & Mighty, B-Boy Document 99, 50:10

North Mississippi Allstars, Bang Bang Lulu, 54:05

Tanya Morgan, Hardcore Gentlemen, 58:08

59:51