"Prior to file-sharing services, music albums landed exclusively in the hands of music critics before their release. These critics would listen to them well before the general public could and preview them for the rest of the world in their reviews. Once the internet made music easily accessible and allowed even advanced releases to spread through online social networks, availability of new music became democratized, which meant critics no longer had unique access."
Q. Is "advanced releases" right here? Should it be changed to "advance releases"?
thanks3 Should it be changed to "advance releases"? Yes.
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