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I'm new to iTunes and I was wondering how I get it to play just one album? At present I have "Grid" view enabled. I select the artist I feel like listening to, and it switches to Album by Artist view (songs and artwork).
I double click on the album and it plays through, but then it continues down and plays the next album by the artist… Quite annoying!
How can I get iTunes to just play the album I've told it to?
As of iTunes 10 (or possibly 9), the main library window has the option to do exactly what you want. You need to have it in Album List mode (View menu -> as Album list; or the 2nd option in the view controller:
Then select the "Album by ..." pulldown and select Album by Artist/Year:
You should be all set and have a nice organized list of albums sorted by artist and year.
No, iTunes and related apps use the artwork from the initial track of each album. Yes, it is frustrating. And no, it is not worth retagging your songs to pretend each of the tracks is its own album.
I asked what is essentially the same question over here:
In case you want to ask Apple to add this feature, here is the feedback page for iTunes: http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
Best Answer
It's rather easier than these solutions. Click the icon view beside the search and select the Albums tab at the top so the icons show albums rather than Artists or Composers. Then when you hover over an album you can click "Play Album" to play it. You can also double click the album to see all the songs making sure they are ordered by song number (if necessary).
This way you can also by command or shift clicking select multiple albums.
Or you can show with the second icon ordered by album by artist. In this view an artist search will help: