Artists spend a lot of time working on their track order. In most cases, you'll find that the first single is within the first three or four tracks on the album. They usually put the weaker tracks a little past the middle of the album - close to the end. (At least that's been my experience.) If the album is a concept album, then obviously track order is crucial.
But I do also listen to albums on random after hearing them in the correct order, and it does indeed feel almost like a different album!
When I make mixes, I spend lots of time working on the order, but my rules for the order change from mix to mix. It seemed to be much more important when I was making mixes on tape instead of CD, for some reason.
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