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Shuffle by Album rather than Song

xXhermitXx — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 10:12:27 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

Canada

My Question or Issue

I like listening to full albums, so i have a playlist that includes all of my favourite albums (that spotify has).

i tried to google this but i didnt find any results so decided to ask a dedicated question. Is there any way to shuffle play the playlist but keep each album together, ie essentially have it shuffle the order of albums, rather than shuffling all the songs

Re: Shuffle by Album rather than Song

Sebasty — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 17:26:32 GMT

Hey @xXhermitXx

No, the shuffle will mix up the playlist even if it consists of one album's tracks.

I suppose the closest to get what you wish to achieve is making use of playlist folder with all albums put in it as separate playlists. The thing is, the sorting options for the folders seem to be available on mobile only, and there is no option for randomizing.
Mobile app offers to sort the folder by last played, last added, alphabetically, by creator and in custom way, which means the order you have made and rearranged the playlists.

I would probably just queue full albums for playback. 🙂

Hope this helps, have a lovely day!

Re: Shuffle by Album rather than Song

MrWoods — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:43:42 GMT

+1 on this request. As an album listener it would be great to have an option to shuffle albums. I never just want to hear "Wouldn't it Be Nice" I always want to hear "Pet Sounds". It's doubly true for classical

Re: Shuffle by Album rather than Song

littlenape — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 23:11:25 GMT

I can't believe why Spotify hasn't developed this feature yet? I need it desperately!!