Randomized selections metely arranged from a very incomplete (yet pretty large) playlist of Robert Christgau’s Honorable-Mention mentions and Choice-Cut choices, also 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 & image links to album]
- John Fogerty with Brad Paisley, Hot Rod Heart, 0:00
- The Clean, Two Fat Sisters [Live], 5:01
- Serengeti & Polyphonic, Calliope, 7:56
- Alice Cooper, Caught In A Dream, 12:08
- Blake Shelton, Hey, 15:18
- Jamey Johnson, The Dollar, 18:49
- Ice-T, Race War, 21:48
- Ry Cooder, Ridin' With The Blues, 26:25
- my bloody valentine, in another way, 29:26
- Grandmaster Flash, The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel, 34:57
- Silverchair, London's Burning, 42:08
- Machine, There But For The Grace Of God (12" Version), 45:22
- Sam Moore with Bekka Bramlett, Don't Play That Song, 50:42
- Steve Martin & Edie Brickell, Won't Go Back, 54:11
- The Esoteric Circle, Traneflight, 56:33
