No more snippets for me!

[Johnny Stew]

With 'Trouble In Shangri-La,' I had heard the entire album well before its release date. I still trekked to the store that morning and bought it, but listening to it that day was rather anti-climactic. So in the lead-up to 'In Your Dreams,' I swore that I wouldn't listen to it before release day. And then Rolling Stone streamed the entire album, and I caved in like a West Virginia coal-mine.

I seem to have no will-power where Stevie's new music is concerned, so I can't swear I won't listen to '24 Karat Gold' in its entirety before October 7th -- but I'm sure going to try not to. Hopefully the 15-second snippets, and the four digital singles, will help keep me in line.