In a perfect world, the music industry would take the month of January off, give themselves a collective pat on the back and allow me enough to time to reflect on the previous year before beginning 2015's barrage of new singles and albums. Since that's not going to happen, I'm taking my time and methodically listening my way through some of my favorite songs from the past year. Last year I got cocky and came up with 50 tunes, but this year I'm being realistic and gathering up the top 40. As usual, you can see half of my favorite tracks right now and the latter half sometime soon.
