Okay, doing what I've meant to forever, and closing this thread and opening a new one in Product Reviews. This thread is now the home of Variety news, and since the album is now out, there is no news left.
>>New Variety thread<<
I moved pretty much the entire last half of this thread into the new one, so if you're wondering where all the posts went, they're there. Go to the last page of the new thread and resume the discussion.