Adele asks Spotify to remove the random button (for albums)

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59365019

Adele has persuaded Spotify to take the shuffle button off all album pages so tracks play in the artist's own order.

Does anyone here agree with Spotify pandering to Adele's request or do you think it's a bizarre move? I understand that albums should be played in order, but I think the listener should be allowed to stick it on random if they want to. When I buy a CD, I would play it in order for the first few times then after that I'll sometimes play it on random. This is starting back in 1995 when I first had my own CD player. Now that I use Spotify, I'll play albums on there sometimes in order and sometimes on random. So I have been contravening Adele's request for more than half of my life.

Random can still be used on playlists, so what's to stop someone from making a playlist of one of Adele's albums and sticking that on random?

Will Apple and Amazon follow suit?

Will the makers of Winamp patch out the random button in Winamp?

Will Sony enforce a recall of all our CD players in police / SWAT-style? (j/k j/k)

Will there be a police raid if an Adele tribute band performs her songs in the 'wrong' order?

 

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It's ******* weird to listen to an album in random order. It's like reading a book's chapters all mixed up.

It's why "best of" albums are crap: loses the story.

Music is nothing like reading a book.

Have never ever ever liked a piece of music because of the meaning or lyrics.

Yeah you can't compare the 2 (books and albums). Take for instance, "The Planets" by Holst. He wrote the planets in this order: Mars, Venus, Mecury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The first 3 planet have been re-ordered.

Good to see replies on both sides though

Though I wouldn't listen to an Adele album anyway. She's got a great voice, but that music is really not my cup of tea.

Agreed, great voice but not a fan of hers.