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.
- The Coathangers, Jaybird, 0:00
- Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew, The Show, 2:50
- Switchfoot, Gone, 9:24
- Gazebos, There Are Worse Things I Could Do, 13:10
- They Might Be Giants, James K. Polk, 15:43
- Supersuckers, Hangin' Out With Me, 18:48
- Liberation Music Orchestra, Time / Life, 21:09
- Heart, Bebe Le Strange, 35:26
- Bukka White, Bukka's Jitterbug Swing, 39:06
- P.M. Dawn, Fantasia's Confidential Ghetto: 1999/Once In A Lifetime/Coconut, 41:45
- Boubacar Traore, Djonkana, 50:00
- This Moment In Black History, About Last Night, 54:11
- Towers of London, I'm A Rat, 56:01
artist links to Xgau/song links to album/image links to album