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.
- Foo Fighters, Stacked Actors, 0:00
- The Meat Purveyors, Sunshine, 4:17
- J. Geils Band, I'm Not Rough, 6:46
- Wire, Mary Is A Dyke, 9:49
- Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Beautiful Loser [Live], 10:57
- Tony! Toni! Toné!, Feels Good, 14:39
- Luna, Sweet Child O' Mine, 19:38
- Kate Tempest, We Die [Explicit], 24:06
- The Spinners, The Rubberband Man, 27:30
- James Booker, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, 34:51
- Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, The Message, 38:22
- Oreo Jones, Option Control & the Spirit ft J-Hex, 45:34
- Maxine Brown, Oh No Not My Baby, 49:45
- Les Thugs, Papapapa, 52:23
- Marshall Crenshaw, Don't Disappear Now, 55:48
artist links to Xgau / song links to album/image links to album