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.
- Branford Marsalis, Gershwin: Strike Up The Band, 0:00
- Wussy, Lavender Blue, 4:22
- Asha Bhosle, Rang De (from the film 'Thakshak'), 6:41
- She & Him, Gonna Get Along Without You Now, 13:50
- Wire, Harpooned, 16:22
- Original Sinners, Who's Laughin' Now, 24:45
- Warren Zevon, Seminole Bingo, 27:07
- Boyz II Men, Motownphilly, 30:19
- Kittie, Suck - (Live), 34:14
- Luna, Friendly Advice, 37:33
- Brooks & Dunn, Lost And Found, 44:08
- Arctic Monkeys, 505, 47:56
- Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis, Ain't Nobody's Business, 52:10
artist links to Xgau/song links to album/image links to album
