Bug (feature?) on playing albums in coverflow mode?

OK. Have the iPhone stopped, out of shuffle mode and out of repeat mode. (I don't know if this matters, but just for consistency.) Rotate to enter coverflow mode, and pick an album.
To the left of the album, near the bottom, will be a circle with the symbol for "play." This should mean "play the album," right? On my iPhone, pressing play changes the symbol to pause (||) (which I expect), but the album doesn't start to play. Instead, I have to tap the album to reveal its contents and then click the first song.
Is this a bug or a feature, or unique to my iPhone?
Thanks.

If I was in the middle of a song, hitting > will begin in the middle of that song. If my last use of the iPod function had finished, then hitting > does nothing.
In other words, the > to the left of the album in Coverflow mode is pretty much the same as clicking the button on the iPhone earbuds: It will pause or resume music, but it doesn't have anything to do with the album that Coverflow is displaying.
In order to be sure you'll play the album that Coverflow displays, you have to reveal the song names and then hit one.
I guess this makes sense, but it would make a little more sense to me if it played the album displayed.
Thanks.

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