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Q3 is usually the runt of the year’s litter. An unloved three months when most of the biz is sunning itself in Ibiza and the big releases are either out of the way or being held back for its pushy younger brother, Q4.

In many ways, Q3 2017 followed that script to the letter. The biggest release of the quarter, Foo Fighters’ Concrete And Gold (Columbia) – a Q4 release arriving a bit early, if ever there was ...