The 50 most anticipated albums of fall 2017

In the not-too- distant past, fall wasn’t only for back to school — it was also the time when all the record companies readied their major releases with the hopes that would land on the chart and on consumers’ holiday shopping lists. Of course, the advent of streaming services has changed the music business dramatically in recent years, but as a wise man recently said, streaming is for the rest of the year, the holidays are when physical product sells — or so the record companies hope. With that in mind, we’ve compiled a list of fall 2017’s most anticipated albums. ...