ITunes 7.1 Coverflow messes up album selection

Running iTunes 7.1 (59) for Mac.
Using the browser, I select the artist and album I want to play and start listening. If I then select the coverflow display, instead of seeing just the tracks on the album chosen, I now see the entire contents of my library in random order. As soon as I get to the end of the current track, it jumps to a completely different album, not the second track of the album I was listening to.
Have I misunderstood the way this coverflow option is supposed to work ?
TIA
Roger
iMac 20" Intel Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.8)

It sounds like you have shuffling enabled. Go to Preferences > Playback and select "Shuffle: Albums".
If your library is appearing in a random order, make sure you are sorting it by the column you wish. I use "Album by Year", myself.
You're correct that switching to Cover Flow loses your Browser selections, which seems to be a bug.

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