The Best Of 2022: The Final (?) Mix

One more sign I'm the consummate music nerd: Every year, I still feel a warm tingle the moment I hit "burn" on my computer's CD-burning program and lock in my annual best-of mix. Spent yesterday culling my list down to 80 minutes. (As is my practice, the mix is largely upbeat, catchy numbers, a few ballads aside; while a later 2-CD deluxe edition will capture the mellower tunes and other tracks that just missed the cut for the highlights reel, plus hopefully some tunes I overlooked that I see on...