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.
- Basement Jaxx, Red Alert, 0:00
- Public Enemy, Welcome To The Terrordome, 4:21
- Dave Alvin, 1968, 9:47
- Brand Nubian, Probable Cause, 13:51
- Blood Orange, No Right Thing, 19:04
- Steve Earle, I Can Wait, 23:15
- Yuri Yunakov Ensemble, Arabski Kjuchek, 26:31
- Noname, Casket Pretty, 30:09
- Wire, In Manchester, 32:00
- Led Zeppelin, Bring It On Home, 34:42
- The Clash, 1-2 Crush On You, 44:12
- Matisyahu, Youth, 47:10
- The Band, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, 51:29
- The Pretenders, Precious [Live], 56:04
artist links to Xgau / song links to album/image links to album
