This was absurdly easy in iTunes 10.
- I select a Playlist (generally a smart one)
- I command click albums.
- I want to play those albums.
Further I may want to be able to play songs within those albums randomly.
[Creating a play list from the selection each time is not really a viable solution]
For example in the image below, 3 albums are selected. I just want to play them.
Best Answer
I had this problem, and hated it. But there is an absurdly easy solution.
All that Up Next stuff is rubbish. If you select the Songs view, as opposed to the Artist or Album view, you will get a screen that is pretty much the same as the old iTunes, where you can select an artist and just pick one album from the list of their albums and play it. (Make sure Column Browser - Cmd+B - is visible.)
By doing this you lose the nonsense of it finishing one album then going on to play whatever the next album is in your library.
The developers are stupid, but this solution works. You can get the artwork in this view if you go to view options (Cmd+j on mac) and click "show artwork".