Party shuffle Not really "shuffled"

Alright, In my party shuffle window ALL I get is my library, IN ALBUM ORDER, i.e. Album "a", track 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5 etc...Album "b", track 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...etc.
This is hardly a shuffle.
I can press the shuffle button FOREVER and it will not change at all. Nothing changes ever, no matter what I do.
Any Ideas?
JAY

Jaydenn,
Welcome to Discussions.
Any Ideas?
Actually only one.
Try this:
Select all songs and press the Delete key.
This will force iTunes to repopulate the Party Shuffle playlist.
Does the Shuffle button work now?
M

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