Am I the only person with self control..?!

Absolutely useless thread. You aren't special because you haven't downloaded the album you know. You aren't anymore a devoted fan.

Just get it and buy on release day like the rest of us.

That's your opinion. It's hard to explain: I want to hold the album in my hands and lock myself in my room, and listen to the music while I obsess over the lyrics and the cover art etc. Me, I, Myself, I won't be getting the full experience if I download it. Bon Jovi is a personal experience for me, and it just breaks down that whole sentimentallity if you download it, ya know?

Well that's fine for you - that's what choice is all about. Notice that I'm not the one telling people to download it. However Goose is calling us all CHUMPS for downloading it. He deserves to be spanked.

I'm with Bleeding Purist - if I wait for the US release, the rest of the world will have the CD in its hot little hands while I sit around and wait for the US marketing machine to kick in. It's one reason I pre-order the CD from Japan - that and the extra material of course.

And when I do get it - I will do the same as you do. I will listen once again, with the lyrics in hand.

Take your jibber jabba elsewhere fool! Useless thread?! I'll give you useless thread, anything with the word "elimination" in it is useless!

I just couldn't wait till November 10...or more, don't know when I'm gonna find it in my city....

Downloaded it and don't regret ^^ one of BJ's best albums!

but hey, isn't it good to know you're buying a kickass album and you're going to like the songs?
'cause till now, didn't see anyone complaining...

I havent downloaded the album or listened to any of the snippets either, I haven't even heard the movie version of When We Were Beautiful yet. I'm trying to stay out of the topics about it, but I'm now really really excited after seeing what people have been saying about the album!

I did listen to the snippets but I'm also holding out until release date before I listen to the songs in full. I like the anticipation build up and I don't want to burn myself out on the cd like I tend to do...but, very glad to read all the positive reviews.

deb

I also haven't heard the songs in full.

I can't promise this situation would be the same if I had a working laptop though.

It's not self control. It's self torture.

Also it's not good things come to those who wait, it's the same thing comes for those who wait this time

I'm with Mongoose. The whole magic is about hunting the album down in the store and bringing it home... locking myself in, and then listening to it via headphones or the big speakers on full volume. I'm keeping away from reviews of those who have heard it, as I don't want my opinion being shaped by that. Of course I've got a pretty good idea about how the album's gonna turn out like from the snippets, and that is actually quite exciting.

With this album I listened to ALL the snippets, usually I would just listen to a few from a forthcoming album to leave some surprises for the release day. But this time I couldn't withstand the temptation, and I don't regret it. If I would download it now - THAT would ruin it for me though. It's boring to go and buy the CD when I know it complete already... not that the music wouldn't be good, but BJ deserves a special treatment.

And it's true... we couldn't download "These Days". The Crush Tour was the last for me where I had no idea what they would/could play on the concert, from then on I had pretty good ideas how setlists would look like, as I had read them all. That took a bit of the excitement away. Like when they played "Runaway 2000"... the moment when I realized what they are playing it was this "wow" moment. It's two sides of the coin... because with all the setlists in my head I would even more appreciate it when they changed it on stage to play something rare.

But I miss those pre-internet days a bit. I guess I'm conservative on that matter. In my utopia there wouldn't be such things as downloads before the release. Of course it's unfair that some countries get it first. So I understand US people, as they have to wait 2 more weeks.

Each to their own. For me the wait is easy - I'll join "The Circle" the day after tomorrow.