Albums playing out of order?

I'm using iTunes 12.1.2.27 on OS X 10.10.2.
Something very funny is happening. In album view, whenever I double-click on an album, it will play the tracks in a random order. If I double-click directly on the first song in the album, it will play that, but the following tracks are in a random order.
The only way I've found to play an album in the correct order is to either use the search and double-click on the album, or to click the play icon in album view.
What's up with this behavior? Why do albums not *always* play in order? These albums are properly tagged, with each track having the right track number.

Play a song.
Tap the artwork (center of screen while playing)
In menu that appears for Repeat, Progress, Shuffle, Genius....is shuffle on (blue means on, white is off).

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... if you think that Apple should be paid 30.00 for answering a question that would take about 30 seconds of phone time, then you obviously work for Apple.
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