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I feel Spotify makes it hard to listen to albums. I can queue up a song to play and it’ll then get back to my playlist, but if I play and album eventually it’ll reach the end and quit playing anything. Then I will have to stop what I’m doing and find something else to play.

I feel the UX could be improved and it might change listening habits similar to Discover Weekly

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There's a setting to have it play related songs after it finishes an album. On the desktop client, it's in hamburger menu > edit > preferences > Autoplay > Autoplay similar songs when your music ends.

What, you don't appreciate an ad between the Happiest Days of our Lives and Another Brick in the Wall part 2 or 2112 Overture and The Temples of Syrinx?

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Concept album problems :(

Although that's fine taste mate. 2112, timeless and fundamental to an entire genre.

What do you want to happen after an album is finished?

Spotify needs better queuing strategies.

Tidal goes into a mix based off of the album, which is nice.

There is a setting for that: "Autoplay similar songs when your music ends" - does that not work in your case?

You could queue up an album in the same way you queue a song then it will go back to your playlist afterwards. As many others have already mentioned there is an auto play feature.

On free version, it also adds somewhat random "recommended songs" to an album playlist.

They actually have a setting for this, look for "Autoplay" in settings.

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