[Music] Shuffle by Album

[glassFractals]

Simple enough concept:  Shuffle by albums instead of by tracks, for those of us who prefer full-album listening.

Should function at least within playlists and the play queue.  Perhaps it could also work in radio mode.

[dthrift3]

This has been the one and only feature that I have been really looking for out of Spotify for the past few years that I have had my premium subscription.  I used to listen to all my music on my iPod via album shuffle and I would greatly appreciate having this feature in the future.  

[fishko17]

This is the one of the beloved features in iTunes I'd love to have on Spotify. Support!

[Krevbot9]

Throwing my hat in the ring as someone who would like this feature.

Spotify has a lot of things going for it, but one thing I really miss from the iPod days is shuffle by album.

[Chake]

This is an important feature for audiobooks, too! It is outrageous how spotify tries to decide which music I should listen to and at the same time prevents me from listening to what i really want.

[nkornelis]

Wow.  People have been requesting this feature for at least 6 years (as far as I can tell from these forums), and you're still shutting it down.  How many developers do you employ?  It seems like this would not be a complicated feature.  Why don't you hire a few more developers so you can make improvements to Spotify?

[Krevbot9]

Yeah, I switched back to Apple music for two reasons:

1. Using a 3rd party app I can shuffle by album.
2. Apple Music prioritizes my library: when I open the app the first thing I see is albums I've recently added and/or playlists I've recently added. This, and also it's just a tap or two to find an artist or album. On Spotify it's at least 3 or 4 taps to get where I want to be in my library.

[suebisme]

I think this is a huge failure in music players as well and would be great if Spotify could be in the forefront and improve this. I'm a big fan of classical music and will not use spotify to listen to classical music as many albums are meant to be played if not as a whole than at least in chunks (e.g., Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is best, I believe, when heard with all three parts together). 

[pupeno]

I'd love to have a player that implements this feature. I listen to soundtracks, they tell a story, I want random/shuffle, but only full albums, not individual songs.

[Thrashidrain]

It seems crazy to ask me to pay for a service that won't let me just shuffle a full album if I want.

I'm stuck on Strike Anywhere (who I like), but I want to listen to Western Addiction (like I was) but every time I click shuffle play on their album it just resumes Strike Anywhere, even after I exit.

Why. Just why.

[Wattoson]

I'm also on this wagon. Album shuffle is all I listen to through my iTunes. I have a Samsung phone though so Spotify is everything however it's so frustrating that thing isn't an option. It's one button. How hard is it to add? How could there be a problem with adding it?!

I pay for my premium subscription just like everyone surely they can get someone to put it in. 

Rant over 😛

Cheers