I imagine this is a very hard choice and difficult process for muscians putting albums together.
How important is the order of tracks on an album?
Today, when i've enqueued stuff in winamp, sometimes the track order fucks up and they play in order of the album. Aside from albums which flow from one song to another (eg like in Dark side of the moon) it's quite interesting to hear songs played (off of one album) consecutively in a different order to what you're anticipating. Although ultimatley you're hearing the same songs, the order in which they play seems makes it sometimes seem like a new album.
That's why making your own mixes is so cool
even though that's quite different from what i am suggesting above.....