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