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.
- Jamila Woods, Holy, 0:00

 - The Bellamy Brothers, Lie To You For Your Love, 3:13
 - 75 Dollar Bill, Hollis, 6:41
 - Blake Mills, Seven, 13:17
 - Bettie Serveert, Mossie, 18:16
 - Susan Schmidt & Debbie Smith, Dismal Dismissal, 21:28
 - The Bats, The Looming Past, 25:47
 - Moby Grape, Horse Out In The Rain, 29:58
 - *NSYNC, It Makes Me Ill, 32:14
 - Soul Asylum, Somebody to Shove, 35:42
 - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Tulane, 39:00
 - Bruce Springsteen, Mrs. McGrath, 41:55
 - Stella Chiweshe, Huya Uzoona, 46:15
 - Chris Knight, Old Man, 49:39
 - Doctor L, Tony Allen, Jean Phi Dary, Jeff Kellner, Cesar Anot, Push your mind (Break Beat Remix), 54:04
 
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