Aug 1, 2015 d---... I read it somewhere or maybe it was in some documentary or interview... no idea haha
Aug 20, 2015 TES leaked through normal means by RNS on May 10th, 2002. It was probably someone working at a pressing plant. The original release date was June 4th, but since it leaked so early it was pushed up to May 28th. There was something odd that happened though. Several days before the album leaked snippets of every song showed up. I think they were 20 seconds or so, but they were looped to match the lengths of the real songs. These weren't .RA clips from CDNow either and they popped up out of nowhere on very open P2P programs (Kazaa, Limewire, etc.) I always wondered if that was some label tactic to make it harder to find the real tracks when they leaked. If it was, then they f----- up because this version still had Stimulate on the album instead of Say Goodbye Hollywood.