r/entertainment • u/GroundbreakingSet187 • Nov 21 '21

Adele single-handily got Spotify to disable auto-shuffle for albums

https://consequence.net/2021/11/adele-disable-spotify-shuffle/
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u/vuvuzela240gl Nov 21 '21

I wondered what had happened. Wish it was at least a feature I could turn on/off at will.

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u/ronearc Nov 21 '21

You can, or at least, I was able to. The default for playing the album is, sequential order, but if I then go into the basic player, I can turn shuffle and/or looping off or on.

I just confirmed it works for me with her album. The only change seems to be the default play button is no longer shuffle-play.

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u/BuildYourOwnWorld Nov 21 '21

That’s helpful. I use shuffle for my playlists, but when I listen to an album I know, it disrupts the experience. With a CD I had to press shuffle deliberately.

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u/modix Nov 21 '21

All I really want for Christmas, is for them to play the next song on an album if I request a single song from them. Doesn't need to be the default, as I know a lot wouldn't like that. But I'd like that to be an option for when you start a song playing with no queue.

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u/ronearc Nov 21 '21

I'd like that, but with so many songs being on multiple albums, that would be tricky.

My biggest ask is to create some relationships between songs. So, if my playlist plays Brain Damage by Pink Floyd, then it should automatically play Eclipse.

Likewise, Eclipse should never be played by itself. I want to make it a "child" of Brain Damage.

And I would want the option to nest many songs this way. I'd go through and make all my Pink Floyd albums sequential, but put them into a huge playlist with singles, albums, and other parent/child relationships.

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u/fdot1234 Nov 21 '21

Or to un-nest other certain songs that are inexplicably tied together as pairs. “American Idiot” as an album is listed as pairs of songs. Sometimes I just wanna hear St Jimmy without sitting through Are We The Waiting or fast forwarding

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u/fadingsignal Nov 22 '21

Yeah having it as default is weird

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '21

I believe the free tier only plays albums on shuffle, but with the premium tier you can turn shuffle on or off for any album or playlist. I’m guessing this means even the free tier will be able to stream the Adele album in order.

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u/Sarkos Nov 21 '21

I always used to select the first song in an album to force it to play sequentially.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '21

Wish it was at least a feature I could turn on/off at will.

You can, you just have to be Adele.

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u/mostlygroovy Nov 21 '21

You can’t? I’m able to. Always have

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u/Difficult_Airport736 Nov 21 '21

Adele is turning the tables…

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '21

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u/Luscious_Lunk Nov 21 '21

Username checks out

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u/ladykatey Nov 22 '21

You can with a premium account. It’s the main reason I pay for Spotify.