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.
- Animal Collective, Applesauce, 0:00
- Danny Barnes, TSA, 5:36
- The Fall, F-'oldin' Money, 8:46
- The Rolling Stones, 2000 Light Years From Home, 11:32
- M. Ward, Primitive Girl, 16:17
- Us3, Chilli Hot, 19:27
- Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Oop Pop a Dah (With Dizzy Gillespie), 25:05
- NOFX, Straight Outta Massachusetts, 29:00
- The Fall, Cowboy George, 30:20
- Kate and Anna McGarrigle, I Eat Dinner (When the Hunger's Gone), 36:02
- Prince & The New Power Generation, Willing And Able, 40:58
- Mildred Bailey, The Weekend Of A Private Secretary, 45:58
- Living Colour, A ? of When, 48:49
- Friend & Lover, Reach Out of the Darkness, 52:40
- The Waco Brothers, Merry Xmas to Me, 55:57
artist links to Xgau / song links to album/image links to album