Skipping entire albums in Album Shuffle

How do you skip past entier albums while in album shuffle mode (skip to the next album rather than skip through all of the songs in the album). I thought center click + > was supposed to work but it doesn't...

unfortunatly, there's no way to do so. you have to skip all the tracks of an album.
the funny thing is, I was thinking the same thing today. I was using the "normal" (song) shuffle mode. I shuffle smart playlists that pick songs depending on their rating. But some days, I don't want to listen to a particular artist or album. So - since the iPod creates a temporary, static playlist if you play something - it would be nice to be able to delete an album or an entire artist from that playlist temporarily (so they still remain in the playlist you originally selected from your menu, but they disappear from the temporary playlist the iPod creates)
would appreciate it, but before apple puts in stuff like that I would rather love a bug-fix-update

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Hello everybody !
I like the feature that I call "album shuffle mode", the one that plays randomly all albums. I was wondering if it is possible to skip an entire album to play the next one.
To be precise I don't want the album to be removed from music played in random mode, I just want to be able to skip it if it is not the thing I wanted to listen to.
Sometimes I'm getting Techno just after listening to Vivaldi
I would be happy to say "No no iPod ... you didn't choose the good album, try another one"
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Short of marking the albums you don't want to play in the shuffle mode in iTunes (which I believe you are saying you don't want to happen) then there really isn't a way to skip a whole album. I'm a little confused on what you are calling ranodom mode and what you are calling album shuffle mode. When you say random mode, are you referring to when a specific playlist is played in shuffle mode or are you referring to when every song on your ipod is being shuffled? My original answer above was assuming you meant when all songs on the ipod is being played.

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I am getting the same thing, but it just skips the entire first track every time. i can get the track to play if I select it from songs, but not if I select the album!! The only way to listen to an entire album is for me to check the first track, select it from songs, and then let the album continue. It sorted itself for a while, but has returned since my last iOS upgrade, so I hope they do anothet upgrade soon!

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Have you tried restoring the iPod then reloading all your genuine music?
How to restore the iPod to factory settings.
The iPod has a hard drive just like a computer, so in theory it's possible to store anything on there (including a virus). Restoring it would return it to it's factory condition.

Can i skip complete albums when ipod is on album shuffle mode?

I enjoy having ipod set to album shuffle. however, when an album comes up that you're not in the mood for, its really annoying to have to skip through each of the songs to get to the next album. is there a way to skip the entire album to the next one?

You can request that Apple add this feature here;
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipod.html
In the meantime, as Chris has answered your question, perhaps you wouldn't mind marking his post as 'solved'. This will tell other people posting that your question has been answered as well as rewarding Chris (in the form of points) for taking the time to respond.
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Cheers!
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* Select live updating
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