Alright, I understand. For me personally, I try to not let other people's opinions or hype sway my own that much, but sometimes it might be hard. I agree that it can be frustrating that once you finally get to hear the album, the people you want to discuss the album with are already done discussing it, but that's a similar case with when you discover a band that other people have been listening to for years, and everything has been vented. I think in both cases you could get by with a thread resurrection and start discussions again. I can understand some things being spoiled like a guest appearance nobody knew about or a hint/easter egg somewhere, but otherwise it's pretty hard to explain a song in words. Somebody praising a guitar outro in a song is not gonna spoil the song, because even knowing there's a good outro, we have no idea how it sounds until we hear it.
But yeah, I guess I could kinda see expectations, fatigue and overall reception of an album before it comes out being factors that could ruin it slightly for you. I know sometimes when I hold off on an album and the first week when it leaks is overwhelmingly negative or lukewarm reception, my feelings go from "Im so excited" to "Man, do I really have to listen to this?".