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iMOTOR · Mar 30, 2007, 03:45 AM

I've been hoping for this feature for some time since most of the music in my purchased folder are single songs from albums. It turns out that I have over 300 songs I could turn into albums.

Curious to see if anyone else is planning on taking advantage of this.

Peter · Mar 30, 2007, 06:16 AM

not a fan of DRM

design219 · Mar 30, 2007, 08:07 AM

It might become a popular feature for some people, but I rarely find an album where I like every song. Buying songs instead of albums is why I like iTunes so much... having the option of getting just what I want.

This is one more feature that Apple has given customers, and one more reason iTunes will continue to succeed. I hope they keep up their re-invention of the music selling industry.

Dakar² · Mar 30, 2007, 08:10 AM

I like the offer. I buy singles occassionally, and once I decided to pick up the album. I regretted the few extra dollars that were wasted on the digital downloads.

mac128k-1984 · Mar 30, 2007, 08:27 AM

I've wanted too in the past, so this is a welcome feature.

starman · Mar 30, 2007, 08:46 AM

It's an interesting idea, but part of the problem with buying music was the fact that whole albums sucked to begin with. You buy the single because that's all you want!

Dakar² · Mar 30, 2007, 08:50 AM

Well, occasionally that isn't true.

ort888 · Mar 30, 2007, 09:29 AM

It's a great feature that I will probably never use.

I avoid the iTunes store because of the DRM.

ghporter · Mar 30, 2007, 10:34 AM

Originally Posted by Peter

not a fan of DRM

That's why I back up my iTunes purchases (and frankly most of what I have from iTunes is "song of the week" free downloads) both to a separate drive AND onto audio CDs. I can rip any audio CD into a non-DRM'd set of files at my leisure...which helps guard against some oddity like Apple changing their licensing policies, or my Apple/iTunes account somehow being hijacked by someone who gets my account canceled.

Eriamjh · Mar 30, 2007, 11:38 AM

I think it's a great feature. If you don't want to use it, you can bugger off!

I hate trying to find new music to buy. Sometimes, those oddball songs I have are the best start to finding more, like the rest of the album.

Kenneth · Mar 30, 2007, 01:03 PM

It's a neat 'feature', but I haven't done any of the 'complete my album' yet.

OwlBoy · Mar 30, 2007, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by Eriamjh

I think it's a great feature. If you don't want to use it, you can bugger off!

I hate trying to find new music to buy. Sometimes, those oddball songs I have are the best start to finding more, like the rest of the album.

butterfly0fdoom · Mar 30, 2007, 03:20 PM

I love that feature; there were so many times when I had wished I had that option.

But I've only used it once so far.

hayesk · Mar 30, 2007, 05:28 PM

I don't think I'll take too much advantage of this. I buy songs off iTunes if I don't want the album. If I decide later I like the artist, then I'll usually buy the CD and get better sound quality.