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If the entire album is good, people will buy it, regardless. The whole "mystery" of hearing the new tracks on a new album isn't lost at all by using iTunes. You can STILL buy the whole album and listen to them all if you choose to do so. But with iTunes, you get the OPTION to preview and pick-and-choose your tracks. It's not like Steve Jobs forces you to buy only the hit songs, it justs gives the listener/purchaser more options. And if you wanted to, you could still stroll down to your local record store, pay twice as much, and go home with your fingers crossed that your grab-bag of unheard songs will be to your liking (with no recourse if they are not). It's all about options.