Smart Playlist of random albums

I want to create a Smart Playlist that contains randomly selected albums...until the playlist reachs a certain size. I know how to tell it to "limit" the list to X GBs "selected by random". However, this won't give me complete albums.
Any help is appreciated!

Well, since there is no Smart Playlist option that allows you to specify whole albums, this currently appears not possible to do with a Smart Playlist.
Rob

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