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.
- Horace X, Strategy, 0:00
- DJ Dolores, A Danca da Moda, 5:28
- Harry Belafonte, Mama Look at Bubu, 9:09
- R.L. Burnside, Alice Mae, 12:06
- Stella Chiweshe, Chachimurenga, 16:20
- Daniel Bernard Roumain, The La La Song, 21:10
- Howe Gelb, Get To Leave, 24:13
- Garth Brooks, Friends In Low Places, 27:08
- Bing Crosby, Exactly Like You, 31:28
- Masters Of Reality, T.U.S.A., 35:04
- Beyoncé, Sweet Dreams, 38:04
- Kenny Lattimore, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, 41:32
- Melissa Etheridge, Threesome, 47:01
- The Who, A Quick One While He's Away, 50:34
artist links to Xgau / song links to album/image links to album