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.
- Blondie, Rapture, 0:00
- Guaco, Deshonestidad, 6:28
- Graham Haynes, Tristan in the Sky, 10:12
- Public Enemy, New Whirl Odor, 13:45
- John Mellencamp, Small Town, 17:10
- Los Straitjackets with Big Sandy, De dia y de Noche, 20:53
- Bruce Springsteen, My Oklahoma Home, 23:13
- Adele, Tired, 29:17
- KOOL A.D., U KNO WE ON THE WEST SIDE (PROD. TRACKADEMICKS), 33:36
- Rod Stewart, Hot Legs, 38:05
- The xx, Say Something Loving, 42:19
- Caitlin Cary And Thad Cockrell, Please Break My Heart, 46:17
- Charlie Robison, Desperate Times, 50:28
- Gretchen Wilson, One Bud Wiser, 56:11
artist links to Xgau / song links to album/image links to album