Do the shuffle...

I go both ways with this. I still prefer to listen to albums front to back. But I also listen to my iPod on shuffle most of the time. To me it fulfills my childhood desire to be radio DJ so I could play what I wanted to hear (I thought it worked that way. Ha.) So my metal playlist is kind of like that---I never what will be next but I know I will like it to some degree (or I would not have that song on there). It is interesting to go from Ratt to Origin to Diamond Head to Malice to Decrepit Birth to Xentrix to Angel Dust to Eternal Ryte, etc.

Also, there is a way to have two songs always play back to back (ie , embryo and children of the grave) even on shuffle. You have to select that option when putting them into your iTunes. You can not do it afterwards.

I listen to the full album when I first get it or when I'm driving. Mostly I have the ipod on shuffle. So far today:

Keelhauled-Alestorm
Strong Arm of the Law-Saxon
Bible Black-Heaven & Hell
Angel of Mercy-Running Wild
Lust for Life-Gamma Ray
Eradicate the Mind-Hirax
The Sentinel-Machine Head
Born in a Mourning Hall-Blind Guardian
Shipwrecked-Alestorm
Double Tap-Ministry
Don't fear the Winter-Rage
Phantom Antichrist-Kreator
To France-Leaves Eyes
Stormrider-Iced Earth
Lead or Gold-Running Wild
Ballad of Leonard & Charles-Exodus
The Art of War-Sabaton
Angels Holocaust-Iced Earth
Our Destiny-Chinchilla
Banish from Sanctuary-Blind Guardian
Invictus-Lamb of God
Resurrected-Dominance

Sometimes the shuffle option pisses me off cause I forget it's on, or it gets turned on and I'll start and album and it'll switch to something completely different and throws me for a loop.

I also hate when the Intro of an album is shuffled in! And it'll just say "Intro" or it'll be a 1:00 min track. Mostly Power Metal stuff.

In general, I like albums, but as I said in my other thread, I might get restless after a few tracks, especially if I'm not enjoying the album as much as I would have hoped, and I either switch to a different one, or put on shuffle.

I typically like to only put shuffle on for specific genres though, or artists. My library is organized by Genre/Artist/Album, so I'll click on whatever I'm feeling like and shuffle the whole genre.

I generally do "smart playlists" in iTunes when I'm in the mood for a radio style experience. I'll select a couple genres, limit it to specific years, maybe select only live tracks, things like that.

Dark Horseman wrote:

I Don't Call This Love by Night Ranger doesn't fit in.

Sure it does. It's an upbeat hard rock song. Sounds a lot like Damn Yankees.

Tried it again at the gym this morning while doing cardio...

Exodus - Cajun Hell
Metallica - Creeping Death
Megadeth - Blackmail the Universe
Vengeance Rising - Burn
Anthrax - Across the River/Howling Furies (live)
Overkill - It Lives
Dark Angel - Merciless Death
Overkill - In Union We Stand
Meltdown - Thrahsatonement
Dark Angel - Never to Rise Again
Overkill - What Am I Missing

here's what it had to say today:

Andromeda - Arch Angel
Extol - Shelter
Labyrinth - There Is A Way
Clearlight - Chanson
King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
Wadada Leo Smith - Lake Biwa: A Fullmoon Purewater Gold
Gamma Ray - Afterlife
Immortal Souls - Snowfalls
Wuthering Heights - The Mad Sailor
Running Wild - March On
Blind Guardian - The Soulforged
The Chasm - Entering A Superior Dimension
P.O.D. - Without Jah, Nothin'
Running Wild - Conquistadores
Red Harvest - Beyond The End

Some of my songs from the Iphone today were

John Lennon - Watching the Wheels
Metric - Youth Without Youth
Marilyn Manson - Five to One
Pink Floyd - Goodbye Cruel World
Kiss - Forever
Guns N Roses - Better
Duff McKagan - The Majority
Scott Weiland W/Big Blue Missle - Time of the Season
Bjork - Army of Me
Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box
Beatles - Paperback Writer
White Zombie - Thunderkiss 65
Guns N Roses - Black Leather

Heres todays list:
Petra-All The Kings Horses
Guns N Roses-Crash Diet
Babylon AD-Redemption
Sum 41-Mr Amsterdam
Cheap Trick-Mighty Wings
Nelson-Love and Affection
Harmony-Inner Peace
Megadeth-Black Swan
Bowling For Soup-Shut Up and Smile
Night Ranger-The Secret of My Success

Haven't done the shuffle in a long time, gave it a shot today.

Forever - Kiss
Bastille day (live)
The Crooked Path - The Showdown
Lick It Up - kiss
War - Shadows Fall
New World Order - Saint
Mr. Speed - Kiss
Broken Beat & Scarred - Metallica
Wrapped In Silk - Alice Cooper
Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin


It turned out to be a pretty fun list. Lots of kiss kicking around on my phone right now

I decided to try a 12 song shuffle on my computer library and this was the result:

Land Of Tales-Fading Away
Mortal-Enfleshed
Catamenia-Tribe Of Eternity
Evergrey-Madness Caught Another Victim
Masterplan-I'm Nor Affraid
Brainstorm-Fading
Magdallan-Long Way To Paradise
Megadeth-Die Dead Enough (Live)
Jeff Scott Soto-Acoustic Medly: Stranded
Battlore-Ghan Of The Woods
Kiss-I Still Love You (Live)
Blind Guardian-Valkryies

And for the hell of it another one:

Carcass-Embodiment
Bolt Thrower-Those Once Loyal
Flotsam & Jetsam-Secret Life
Libery & Justice-Greed
Masterplan-Soulburn
Emperor-Gypsy (Mercyful Fate Cover)
C.O.C.-Shake Like You
After Forever-Dreamfight
Judas Priest-Death
Iced Earth-Watching Over Me
Don Henley-The End Of Innocence
Balance Of Power-The Killer Or The Cure?

i shuffle my albums regularly on iPod/iTunes, but not songs. only if we're throwing a party or something.

Had it on Van Halen shuffle since about 9AM...


Deja Vu
Year To The Day
1984
Atomic Punk
Humans Being
Runaround (Live)
Loss Of Control
Fire In The Hole
In 'N' Out (Live)
Could This Be Magic?
Happy Trails
Why Can't This Be Love?
When It's Love
Blood And Fire
Secrets
Once
Love Walks In
Top Jimmy
Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)
Summer Nights
Where Have All The Good Times Gone?
You Really Got Me/Cabo Wabo (Live)
316 (Live)
The Seventh Seal
Dance The Night Away
Give To Live (Live)
Jamie's Cryin'
You Really Got Me
Feel Your Love Tonight
Bottoms Up
Bullethead
Girl Gone Bad
Doin' Time
One Foot Out The Door
Baluchetherium
Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love (Live)
Finish What Ya Started
The Trouble With Never
Dreams (Live)
You're No Good
Dancing In The Street
Can't Stop Loving You
5150
Panama (Live)
Light Up The Sky

Continuing the Van Halen shuffle...

Mine All Mine
Feelin'
Black And Blue
Pretty Woman
Good Enough
On Fire
Learning To See
Big Fat Money
Women In Love
Beautiful Girls
Hot For Teacher
Neworld
Take Your Whiskey Home
House Of Pain
Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)
Sucker In A 3 Piece
A.F.U. (Naturally Wired)
How Many Say I
Top Of The World (Live)
Won't Get Fooled Again (Live)
Right Now
Feels So Good
When It's Love (Live)

That's a whole lotta Van Halen in one day!

Had the iPod on shuffle in the car going down to my son's school and back. And waiting for him to get done with marching band practice:

Galactic Cowboys - Pattin' Yourself on the Back
Utimatum - Wrathchild
Buckethead - Jordan
Metallica - Metal Militia
Aerosmith - Train Kept A Rollin'
Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls
Dio - Don't Talk to Strangers
The Beatles - Come Together
Alice Cooper - Killers
AC/DC - Ride On
Kiss - Deuce
Queen - I Want It All
Clutch - Mr. Shiny Cadilackness
Opeth - The Drapery Falls
The Police - Roxanne
Porcupine Tree - Shesmovedon (XM2 Broadcast)
Opeth - Grand Conjuration
Nevermore - The Psalm of Lydia

At home sick today, perfect chance to go outside the norm and throw the iPod on shuffle while I languish in self pity

Death Angel - Claws in so deep
Living Sacrifice - Love forgives
Amon Amarth - Destroyer of the universe
Kiss - Calling doctor love (that felt like it came out of nowhere)
Tourniquet - En Hakkore
Rush - Carnies
Tourniquet - The Tempter
Ted Nugent - Light My Way
Shadows Fall - Picture perfect
Gojira - Born in winter
Temple of blood - fearsome warrior
Mortification - the majestic infiltration of order (break the curse version)

Eh, I decided to give it another go and...

Shroud of Science - Ultimatum
Ballad of Arlis Richards - Big Tent Revival
See Through - Audio Adrenaline
2 Minutes to Midnight - Iron Maiden
Burn Witch Burn - Grave Robber
Grave Robber - Petra
Good Morning Planetarium - Falling Up
La La La Zoom Zoom Zoom - Incubus
Lonely - Stryper
Alone in Suicide - Bloodgood
Stand in the Gap - Petra
Ragged Old Flag - Johnny Cash
Some New Song - Precious Death
Desert Eagle Blues - Crosswire
Paper Shoes - Incubus
The DMV Incident - Christopher Titus
The Phantom of the Crimson Cloak - 3 Inches of Blood
Hallowed Land - Paradise Lost
Point of View - Fates Warning
Allentown - Billy Joel
Jimmy - Lost Dogs
Heaven on Earth - Bloodgood
Stoned & Drunk - Black Label Society
Supernova Goes Pop - Powerman 5000
The Show Must Go On - Queen

Much better this time around than the last but it brings to light another problem with shufflin and that is the inclusion of Stand-Up Comedy albums on the iPod. If I am in the mood for some comedy then I play the whole album, but if not then a single track popping up in string of songs is on beyond annoying.

jettafiend wrote:

Eh, I decided to give it another go and...

Shroud of Science - Ultimatum
Ballad of Arlis Richards - Big Tent Revival
See Through - Audio Adrenaline
2 Minutes to Midnight - Iron Maiden
Burn Witch Burn - Grave Robber
Grave Robber - Petra
Good Morning Planetarium - Falling Up
La La La Zoom Zoom Zoom - Incubus
Lonely - Stryper
Alone in Suicide - Bloodgood
Stand in the Gap - Petra
Ragged Old Flag - Johnny Cash
Some New Song - Precious Death
Desert Eagle Blues - Crosswire
Paper Shoes - Incubus
The DMV Incident - Christopher Titus
The Phantom of the Crimson Cloak - 3 Inches of Blood
Hallowed Land - Paradise Lost
Point of View - Fates Warning
Allentown - Billy Joel
Jimmy - Lost Dogs
Heaven on Earth - Bloodgood
Stoned & Drunk - Black Label Society
Supernova Goes Pop - Powerman 5000
The Show Must Go On - Queen

Much better this time around than the last but it brings to light another problem with shufflin and that is the inclusion of Stand-Up Comedy albums on the iPod. If I am in the mood for some comedy then I play the whole album, but if not then a single track popping up in string of songs is on beyond annoying.

I get that when I shuffle my computer music. It's also annoying to get classical music or movie score tracks mixed in too.

Zune HD smart DJ. I picked the first track, the Zune picked the rest.

Hell or Hallelujah - KISS
Dance The Night Away - Van Halen
Serious - Alice Cooper
Forever - KISS
Walk On Water - Aerosmith
Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be - AC/DC
Woman Machine - Alice Cooper
Bump And Grind - David Lee Roth
Rock Zone - Scorpions
Somebody Get Me A Doctor - Van Halen
Deadline - Blue Oyster Cult
Write Me - Aerosmith
Name Your Poison - Ted Nugent
Bastard - Motley Crue
Spirit Of Rock - Scorpions
The Marshall Plan - BOC
Weekend Warriors - Ted Nugent
Looks That Kill - Motley Crue
Lick It Up - Kiss
You Make Me Wanna - Alice Cooper

Here's the first 20 mine spit out:

Uncle Slam - Face The Fight
Warbringer - Senseless Life
Mottek - Dream About Her Dying
Jurassic Jade - Panic Anxiety
Wicca - Generations Talk
Gomorrah - Sewer-cide
Su Ta Gar - Nazka
Solstice - Transmogrified
Dimentia - Awake
Holocross - Painful Reminder
Mutilation - No Choice
Vehement - White Dwarf
Meliah Rage - Deadly Existence
Carbide - Total Impact
Tankard - Open All Night
Exhorder - Soul Search Me
Catalepsy - Hot Dog & Beercan Hill
Archaic Torse - Beyond The Great Divide
Dyoxen - Holocaust (Fall In Grace)
Vindicator - The Dog Beneath The Skin

jettafiend wrote:

Much better this time around than the last but it brings to light another problem with shufflin and that is the inclusion of Stand-Up Comedy albums on the iPod. If I am in the mood for some comedy then I play the whole album, but if not then a single track popping up in string of songs is on beyond annoying.

You can use the playlist feature to avoid this. I have playlists for Metal/Rock, Jazz, Christmas, etc., then you can shuffle the individual playlist and avoid some of that. I use an iPod, so that is a feature of iTunes, but I'm sure there is something similar with other players, too.

Tried it again as I ran errands for work.
Came up with :
Hex Omega - opeth
Cold Embrace - Testament
Pyre - opeth
Ride he Lightning - Metallica
BU2B - Rush
Lady Evil - Black Sabbath
Time Is Right - Motörhead
Caravan - Rush
Men of Fortune - 3 inches of blood

I think I'm gonna keep it going today, see how it pans out, so far it's been really enjoyable. The songs have flowed suprisingly well and anything out of place kinda came as a pleasant surprise.

Giving it another shuffle, here's the first 20:

Steel Reign - Cease To Exist
Mass Confusion - Heads
Travail - Rage Of A Million Souls
Psychosis - Cold Is This God
Purity - Dead End Street
Target - Mission To The Andes
Asphyxia - One Big Family
Faith No More - Surprise! You're Dead!
Obituary - Chopped In Half
Eldritch - Shadow Fire
Defiance - The Fault
Wotan - Face Of Truth
Kazjurol - Merciless Insanity
Steel Fury - The Cage
Deathrider - Burn Victim
Toxik - Heart Attack
Voivod - Overreaction
Pixie Killers - I Recall Evil
Headhunter - Ease My Pain
Drunken State - Lament

8/23/12 Shuffle (so far):

U2 - Fez/Being Born
Ty Tabor - Not Just For The Dead (demo)
Crowded House - Weather With You
Tetrafusion - No One Sleeps
The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life
Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart
Peter Gabriel - Signal To Noise
Rush - Closer To The Heart
Peter Gabriel - Modern Love
Journey - When I Think Of You
Heart - Ring Them Bells (w/ Layne Stayley)
U2 - Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World
The Jelly Jam - March Of The Trolls
Iron Maiden - El Dorado (Live)
Paul McCartney & Wings - Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me)
Jughead - Snow In Tahiti
David Bowie - Bring Me The Disco King
TNT - Too Late
Jimi Hendrix - The Star Spangled Banner
King's X - Fly
Rush - Ghost Of A Chance
Queensryche - My Empty Room (Live)
Galactic Cowboys - The Shape
Temple Of The Dog - Pushin' Forward Back
Journey - Sweet And Simple