Random play mode stuck in "per Album"

Hi,
I have this issue for a long time now and I'm starting to think it comes from my iTunes Library DB itself because I've imported it from my previous mac and it keeps doing the random mode per album.
No matter what I choose, when I'm in the library, if I enable the random play, it will always play the whole album, even if I've selected the "per tracks" mode.
Can someone provide support, please ?

Someone has an idea ?
Edit :
As a workaround, I was thinking about reseting the whole iTunes DB but I really don't want to lose playcounts, rankings and playlists (this DB has 4 years with more than 1000 albums).
Message was edited by: Rami3l

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