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.
- Roxanne Potvin, I'm Too Sexy, 0:00
- Daniel Romano, Learning To Do Without Me, 2:57
- Fire Engines, Discord, 6:18
- Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, Ten Years Ago (Live), 13:11
- M. Ward, Magic Trick, 21:57
- Ginuwine, Final Warning (featuring Aaliyah), 23:40
- Reba McEntire, Little Rock, 31:04
- Magik Markers, Taste, 34:12
- Dennis Brown, Coming Home Tonight, 38:34
- Animal Collective, Brother Sport, 42:41
- Japandroids, To Hell With Good Intentions, 48:40
- Waldemar Bastos, Kuribota, 52:07
artist links to Xgau / song links to album/image links to album