I have wanted to do a top songs of the year list in addition to the top albums for a little while now. My primary listening unit is still albums, so these remain my priority and I'll probably be a stick in the mud about that as long as I can, but something about going through this year's releases made me think a tour through just individual songs might be more fun and varied. I'm not totally clear on what that says about the albums that came out, or what I'm driven to highlight here—it does seem