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.
- Peter Stampfel, His Tapes Roll On, 0:00
- The Apples In Stereo, Told You Once, 4:44
- Corb Lund, Counterfeiters' Blues, 8:42
- Lorde, Royals, 12:16
- Ginuwine, Holler, 15:26
- Elton John, Your So Static, 20:31
- Okkervil River, For Real, 25:24
- Lucinda Williams, Real Love, 30:09
- Warehouse, Super Low, 33:54
- Bee Gees, All This Making Love, 37:29
- Petey Pablo, Raise Up, 40:36
- Roy Nathanson, Bar Stool Paradise, 45:11
- Dramarama, Everybody Dies, 49:56
- Dido, Mary's In India, 53:08
- Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Old Mountain Dew, 56:49
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artist links to Xgau/song links to album/image links to album