Albums play on shuffle/repeat by default

[BrianHD]

Plan

Premium

Country

 US

Device

Pixel 2

Operating System

Android 9 (Pie)

My Question or Issue

 Whenever I open the app and play an album, it defaults to shuffle/repeat. VEERY frustrating as that isn't the preferred way to listen to an album (I know I'm not alone on this). Turn it off and it defaults back to that setting next time I open the app.

How engineers made this decision baffles me...how I can't find anyone else on here with same issue is just as confusing. Don't see any toggle settings in preferences. Please tell me there's a way to correct this? I've paid $9/month for years now and something as simple as this could cause me to jump ship. NO way music service should default albums to shuffle play.