Where, Oh Where is the Album Shuffle???

I love my Touch. Oh, wait. I "Sort of" love my iPod Touch. I would love it more if it acted like a REAL iPod. Like my wife's Nano. Or my 4th gen classic. Because THOSE models not only shuffle songs they shuffle ALBUMS. I can listen to one randomly chosen album all the way through and then the iPod will RANDOMLY choose another album for me to listen to, in its entirety, all the way through. I love this feature. I LOVE this feature. But, the Touch doesn't have it.
Oh, wait! iPod Lounge reports that if you crack the Touch and do some jiggering (which I am not wont to do) there is ALREADY a hidden option to shuffle the Albums.
Apple! Give me what I use to have and what I already have but can NOT access?
What is up with this? Does anyone know? Or know who I can talk to? I miss this. It has really lessened the quality of my iPod experience and makes me miss my old ipod.

But that is not what I want to do. Sure I can shuffle an album. No problem. I can do that with any ipod.
What I want is for the ipod to play, say, Springteen's Born to Run, in it's entirety, all the way through, unshuffled and then randomly choose the next album, maybe it's The Clash's London Calling and it plays that all the way through,etc, etc, until you've exhausted every single album, randomly, on your oPod. Your ipod can do that. The Touch and the iPhone can NOT. It's simple for you: Go to settings, shuffle and choose "Album" instead of Off or Songs. The thing is, this feature is inside the iPod Touch but you have to Jailbreak it to access it and I don't want to do that.
I can sort of understand why Apple left this feature off, I think I am one of ten people that use it. But, it's a great feature and I miss it and until I have it then the Touch, as an "iPod music player" is inferior to the Classic or the Nano.
But, it's in there and I want it. Why is this so much to ask.
Album Shuffle not Shuffle Album.

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