Shuffling When Playing in Artist, Song, Genre or Album Mode

Is there any way to shuffle songs when playing from the Artist, Song, Genre or Album modes? Or does shuffle only apply to playlists?
Thanks for the help?

Make sure your shuffle setting is set to songs. Then select any artist/album/genre, hit play and the songs within that category are shuffled.
For instance, set shuffle to songs, select artist, select (say) The Beatles, select all, press play and all The Beatles songs are shuffled.

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