How do I play selected albums in iTunes 11

Question

This was absurdly easy in iTunes 10.

• I select a Playlist (generally a smart one)
• I command click albums.
• I want to play those albums.

Further I may want to be able to play songs within those albums randomly. [Creating a play list from the selection each time is not really a viable solution]

For example in the image below, 3 albums are selected. I just want to play them.

Answer 1

Select your albums as usual. Clear the Up Next queue (using button at top right of queue) Right-click on one of your selected albums, and choose 'Add to Up Next' from the popup Menu. That'll add all the songs from all the albums you've selected. Click the play button.

If you check the up next queue, you see all the songs from all the albums you selected.

Songs are grouped by albums though. I'm not seeing a way to get the songs in the queue shuffled