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]
- Pet Shop Boys, Twenty-something, 0:00
- Johnny Rivers, Rockin' Pneumonia - Boogie Woogie Flu, 4:24
- This Moment In Black History, Nailed To The Cross, 7:50
- Tetris, Androids' Alphabet, 13:51
- Camera Obscura, Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken, 17:37
- Paul Shapiro, A Bissel Bop, 21:27
- Willowz, Break Your Back, 25:25
- Bill Easley, Straighten Up and Fly Right, 28:27
- Girls Against Boys, Basstation, 32:10
- Greta Gaines, L is 4 L.O.S.E.R., 35:54
- They Might Be Giants, I Should Be Allowed To Think, 38:49
- East River Pipe, Cybercar, 41:57
- Cam, Half Broke Heart, 45:10
- Th’ Faith Healers, Kevin, 48:13
- Major Lance, Rhythm, 53:54
- Brad Paisley, Shattered Glass, 56:17
