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 links to album]
- Pere Ubu, Down By the River, 0:00
- Come On, Housewives Play Tennis, 3:55
- A Camp, The Crowning, 7:21
- Okkervil River, Savannah Smiles, 11:06
- The Rolling Stones, Start Me Up, 14:44
- Gomez, Love Is Better Than a Warm Trombone, 18:19
- Land Of Talk, Some Are Lakes, 21:55
- The Afromotive, Lies, 25:36
- Lisa Germano, Cancer of Everything, 34:04
- Michael Hall, Las Vegas, 38:04
- The Hidden Cameras, AWOO, 41:11
- John Waite, Change, 43:55
- Taraf de Haidouks, De Cand Ma Aflat Multimea, 47:11
- R. Kelly, The Zoo, 49:59
- George Strait, Ocean Front Property, 53:38
- Lou Bega, Mambo No. 5, 56:18
