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.
- Lori McKenna, This and the Next Life, 0:00
- We Are Wolves, L.L. Romeo, 5:05
- Sam Hunt, Cop Car, 9:09
- Herbie Hancock Feat. Joni Mitchell, Tea Leaf Prophecy, 13:23
- Cheb Kader, Koumou Bih, 19:59
- Mean Jeans, Rats Roaches and Jeans, 24:45
- Guilherme De Brito E Trio Madeira Brasil, Folhas Secas, 26:53
- Anthony Braxton, Opus 38A, 31:49
- Luther Vandross, She Loves Me Back, 38:21
- Boukman Eksperyans, Zanset Nou You, 44:28
- Rufus Thomas, I'll Be Your Santa Baby, 50:01
- Karen Finley, Tales Of Taboo, 54:01
- John Anderson, She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs, 57:38
artist links to Xgau / song links to album/image links to album