XGAU FRIDAY#74

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] 

Robert Forster, Echo Beach, 0:00

Eténèsh, Le Tigre (des platanes), Muziqawi silt, 2:56

New Order, Temptation, 6:53

Boubacar Traoré, Sina Mousso Djougou, 13:53

Electrelane, To The East, 16:49

Babyface, Good To Be In Love, 21:43

TAB The Band, Sallie Maw Wilcox: Ramblings Of A Suitor, 25:09

Prince & The Revolution, Raspberry Beret, 30:41

Taraf de Haidouks, Romanian Folk Dances, 34:14

Quantic, Politick Society, 41:48

Lateef the Truth Speaker, Lateef's Freestyle, 46:29

Bobby Sichran, Don't Break My Heart, Kid, 49:01

Bah Bailo, Keme Burema [Guinea], 51:39

Major Lance, The Monkey Time, 56:42 [Curtis Mayfield song]

59:30