How do I play one album at a time by an artist?

I have the newest generation ipod touch and i just downloaded the new iOS7.  I would like to play one album at a time by an artist for whom i have multiple albums, but the new design won't let me do it (easily that is).  For example, if I want to play "Surfer Rosa" by the Pixies, I tap on the first song and it show it is 1 or 58 songs, meaning it will continuously play through all the albums.  I want it to say 1 of 14 so it will stop playing after "Surfer Rosa" is done.  I've checked in general settings and music settings and I can't find anything to fix the issue.  Am I missing something?
I have found one way to play one album at a time.  I click on the first song in the album, then tap the "3 dot 3 line" icon on the right, click on another song in the album, then click on the first song again, tap "done" and then it shows that I am playing 1 of 14 songs.  This seems like an elaborate fix for something as simple as wanting to play one album at a time.

Turn on *shuffle songs* and then start the Podcast episode you want. The display should say "1 of 1" because all Podcasts are set to *Skip on shuffle* so the one you're playing is the only option for the iPod.
Phil

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