Selecting songs to play

This probably has a simple answer. How do I select songs to play on iTunes? Okay I check the box. The song plays. What if I want to play 3 albums in a row? Our all my Byrds albums? I can select ALL songs. Or I can go down the list and click on each one. But that might be 68 clicks. Seems like a lot of work if I just open my puter for a few minutes and want to hear specific tunes. Oh, and clicking on the first song and holding the shift key while clicking on the last song doesn't check the boxes.That just makes them blue so I can move them to a playlist. But that too is way too much work. How do I just select a list of songs to play without clicking on each song?

Here's what I can tell you...
-- Most users find it easier to keep all of the songs in their library checked. (You can check all songs by selecting all, right or control-clicking and choose Check Selection.)
-- To play a list of songs, but them into a playlist and hit play.
-- To play all songs or albums by a certain artist, use the Browser. (iTunes > View > Show Browser).
Again these will really only work if you keep your songs checked all the time. I only have about three tracks in my library that are unchecked, and that's cause they're dupes of a song in another format for use in a video program. Some people uncheck holiday music except during the holiday season.
I'm not sure why you have your songs unchecked, but I would suggest that you reconsider the necessity of keeping your library this way. I really don't think it's necessary, and I think you'll find things work much easier with the checkmarks always there.

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*Is there a way in iTunes to select the song to play next?*
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