Playing a single album....and that's it!

Occaisionally, I want to play a single album and not have to listen to the songs that follow it in the music library. I want to have the experience of walking over to my old record collection, pulling down John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, putting it on the turntable and listening to it. Then if I want to listen to something else, I'll go pick something else. OK...I am obviously ignoring the annoying part about turning the record over half way through but let's just forget about that.
Is there a way I can listen to a single album in its entirety and then have iTunes stop playing? If there isn't, Apple should come up with a way. Help me. I'm old fashioned.

Show the Browser (View menu -> Show Browser). You will be able to select an album there, and when you play it, iTunes will play just those tracks and then stop.

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I know there must be an easy/simple answer...
but - how do i play a single album - in album order - just as though i'd put the CD in the HiFi - as we used too?
I simply want to play one album and then for iTunes to stop!
thanks
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In the old analog days you had to turn on your stereo and turntable, go to the record shelf and pull out the album and place it on the turntable, move the tonearm and flip the record over at the end of side one. Quite a few steps.
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