Cover flow only to preview my current playlist?

My music on my iPhone 4 previews as lists on portrait mode based on a playlist fine. It shows all my albums perfectly within that specific playlist folder.
However when I switch over to landscape cover flow mode to view the album covers, it lists out all my albums from this playlist as well as every other song I have synced on the phone.
Is there a way I can preview the same albums from my playlist as landscape cover flow mode?

I hope everybody on all the related threads writes to Apple (http://www.apple.com/feedback/) to point out that it's downright *DANGEROUS* that the only way to skip songs while driving is to reach over and dismount our iPhones so we can turn them to profile view—instead of just a quick tap of the >> button in landscape mode.
Didn't they get the memo that distracted driving kills people?

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    Message was edited by: Bronco 01
    Message was edited by: Bronco 01

    Carolyn Samit wrote:
    HI Bronco,
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    *Playing HD-quality videos purchased on the iTunes Store requires a 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or faster processor*
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    Message was edited by: Bronco 01

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