Quick song-playing question

Thanks in advance!
Okay, so I'm wondering if there is a way to play an album start to finish while working/looking at other songs/albums - it seems like i have to have the album i'm trying to play in the main window while it's playing, otherwise it stops after each song. playlists don't stop every song, so why do albums?
Thanks again
Nick

Playing anything directly from the library will cause iTunes to stop playing if you're not looking at that part of the library anymore. If you want it to continue playing, you have to make a playlist and play that playlist. You can create quick playlists by selecting the songs in the playlist and then choosing File->New Playlist from Selection.

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