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Adele gets Spotify to take shuffle button off all album pages

Adele has persuaded Spotify to take the shuffle button off all album pages so tracks play in the artist's own order. The singer tweeted: "We don't create albums with so much care and thought into our track listing for no reason. Our art tells a story and our stories should be listened to as we intended. Thank you Spotify for listening." The streaming service replied "anything for you". A statement later hailed their "new premium feature... to make play the default button on all albums".

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The story 

Spotify has stopped automatically shuffling albums, after Adele pointed out the musicians put a lot of thought into track listings. 

The shuffle symbol will still appear on individual songs, so users will be able to start listening to albums on any track and opt for them to be played in a random order.

Key words and phrases

default
standard; first option

• I set my old phone to the default factory settings before I sold it.
• The company defaulted on its payments and was closed down.

bows to
agrees to someone’s demands

• The cafe bowed to public pressure to serve organic milk in its coffee.
• He had to bow to the demands of his audience and sing again.

obliged
agreed or forced (to do something)

• He wasn’t keen but when he received the wedding invitation he felt obliged to attend.
• She asked for a room with a view and the hotel obliged.

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