Season’s top pop albums
“They say that all good things must end some day / Autumn leaves must fall” laze Chad & Jeremy on the wistful rhapsody “A Summer Song.” So as the dog days of summer grind to a humid halt, hopefully memories of the summer’s warm nights and distant lights can defrost the bitter cold of the coming months. Here are some of the summer’s best albums (by artists lucky enough to get top 40 airplay) to trigger those memories.