Premium Spotify subscribers will notice a change this week as albums are no longer going to be played in random order by default on the music streaming service.
As the BBC reports, the change was made following a request from the English singer and songwriter Adele to remove it. Until now, the play button on Spotify included a shuffle icon and would trigger the album tracks to play in random order. Now the tracks will be played in order when you tap the play button, but you can still toggle shuffle on when viewing an individual track.
In response to Spotify's change, Adele thanked the music streaming service:
"This was the only request I had in our ever changing industry! We don’t create albums with so much care and thought into our track listing for no reason. Our art tells a story and our stories should be listened to as we intended. Thank you Spotify for listening."
Spotify responded by tweeting, "Anything for you."
It's not just Adele who has been requesting this change, though. A Spotify spokesperson confirmed to the BBC that it's "long requested by both users and artists." It has been pointed out in responses to these tweets that you could already play an album in order simply by tapping the first track. Many users really liked the play shuffle option being available, so not everyone is happy about this change.