When Adele makes a request, even of a huge streaming platform like Spotify, they listen.  Adele pressed the company to make the change before the launch of 30 because she says the order of the song matters in telling her story. Adele’s lead single for 30, “Easy On Me,” broke a single-day Spotify streaming record so they probably didn’t’ want to risk ticking her off.

You can still shuffle an album using the controls for individual songs. This mainly adds an extra step and pushes you to choose a first track. Rivals like Apple Music still let you tap a “shuffle” button from an album page.

 

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