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.
- Ginny Owens, I Know Who You Are, 0:00
- Giant Sand, Classico, 3:30
- Spider Bags, Japanese Vacation, 6:20
- Anthony Hamilton, Charlene, 8:36
- The Kills, Heart Is A Beating Drum, 12:43
- RJD2, Hold on, Here It Go [Explicit], 17:03
- Rhiannon Giddens, Last Kind Words, 22:38
- Dave Grusin, Theme From The Goonies, 26:52
- Utah Phillips/Ani DiFranco, Pie in the Sky, 29:56
- Luis Segura, Los Celos, 33:26
- Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, You're Too Possessive, 37:13
- The Animals, Sky Pilot, 40:49
- Sturgill Simpson, Life Aint Fair And The World Is Mean, 48:21
- Beck Feat. Cat Power, Walls, 50:27
- The Modern Lovers, A Plea for Tenderness, 52:47
artist links to Xgau / song links to album/image links to album
