I know exactly what you mean, Becky. In a way I wish there was no possibility of hearing any of the songs from a new album until the album comes out. i.e no file sharing of the new album, no 30 second clips on BJ.com or the pre-order on Amazon, you just HAD to wait. That would be cool. The album comes out everywhere on the SAME day. Reality is though that a lot of people will hear the album before it gets released (or people will get it from Japan) and post about how each song sounds and kind of ruin it for others. Like RichieW2001 says, it also makes the tension a lot more intense when everyone is as excited as you are and everyone is talking about it and speculating about it.

Jack