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.
- Chris Smither, Link of Chain, 0:00
- Mutabaruka, Letter To Congress (Is It Because Wi Blakk), 4:49
- Musical Youth, Pass The Dutchie, 8:03
- Les Ambassadeurs, Djoula, 11:29
- The Happy Schnapps Combo, You Can't Teach The Japanese To Polka, 17:44
- CZARFACE, Let It Off, 21:05
- Salamat, Mambo El Soudani, 25:27
- Pere Ubu, Musicians Are Scum, 29:33
- Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble, Boot Hill, 33:06
- XRABIT + DMG$, Damaged Good$, 35:20
- The Bottle Rockets, Headed for the Ditch, 38:13
- Kilo Kish, Hello, Lakisha [Explicit], 41:41
- The Perceptionists, Black Dialogue, 43:19
- Brooks & Dunn, She's Not The Cheatin' Kind, 46:25
- Atmosphere, Me, 49:52
- Sebadoh, Truly Great Thing, 53:33
- William S. Burroughs, What Keeps Mankind Alive? from The Threepenny Opera, 55:46
- Bratmobile, No You Don't, 58:32
artist links to Xgau / song links to album/image links to album
wherein xgau gets tagged for some trout action
