Randomized selections 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.
- *NSYNC, I Thought She Knew, 0:00
- Patti Smith, Peaceable Kingdom, 3:23
- The Strokes, Between Love & Hate, 8:32
- The Silos, Let's Take Some Drugs And Drive Around, 11:49
- Hannah Montana, Nobody's Perfect, 16:07
- Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard & Ray Price Feat. Vince Gill, Heartaches By The Number, 19:28
- The Hollies, Please Sign Your Letters, 22:32
- Travis Morrison, Get Me Off This Coin B, 26:20
- Moisés Santana, Algeria, 27:06
- The Three Johns, Death of the European, 30:11
- Lee Scratch Perry, Open Door, 34:16
- The Rolling Stones, New Faces, 38:29
- Lyrics Born, Real People, 41:21
- Sufjan Stevens, Adlai Stevenson, 44:28
- Ruth Gerson, Little Sadie, 47:04
- Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 Feat. M1, IMF, 50:21
- Loudon Wainwright III, Pretty Good Day, 55:22
artist links to Xgau/song links to album/image links to album
