Randomized selections metely arranged from a very incomplete (yet pretty large) playlist of Robert Christgau’s Honorable-Mention mentions and Choice-Cut choices and from reviews mostly of albums receiving less than an A-Minus (A-grade albums being best heard whole), as well as other singling out, Dean's List singles, or even faint praise from other pieces or places, especially Additional Consumer News.
[artist links to Xgau/song links to album]
Strafe (also on Dean's List), Set It Off (Original 12" Version), 5:28
Aretha Franklin, Dr. Feelgood, 15:10
Simply Red, So Beautiful, 30:07
Ride The Boogie, Naughty Corner, 35:05
The Chantels, Maybe, 38:14
Local H, Chicago Fanphair '93, 41:09
Micachu & The Shapes, Vulture, 45:10
John Hiatt, Old People, 48:00
Baby Earl and the Trinidads, Backslop, 52:30
Chris Stamey, In Spanish Harlem, 55:03
59:26