# Playing an album creates a loop

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/playing-an-album-creates-a-loop/825878>\
**Category:** Plex Labs\
**Tags:** plexamp\
**Created:** [January 7, 2023, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playing-an-album-creates-a-loop/825878 "2023-01-07T11:19:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![astrompc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@astrompc](https://forums.plex.tv/u/astrompc)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playing-an-album-creates-a-loop/825878/1 "2023-01-07T11:19:54Z")

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If I have an artist with only 2 albums, and I play album 1, it automatically cues and plays album 2.

Then once that album 2 has finished it automatically cues album 1 and so on so forth the loop begins!

If I have an artist with only 1 album but they have 1 sonically similar album, it will go that sonically similar album every time, but then just go back into the same album loop experience above.

I have tried changing the auto play album direction to next and previous but it makes no difference to the continuous loop.

It’s just so frustrating because using the random album radio or library radio works so well, however choosing a specific album only gives you an option to auto play next or previous album rather than sonically similar for example.

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playing-an-album-creates-a-loop/825878/2 "2023-01-07T16:21:32Z")

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This is caused by the “continue playing” feature.  
Take a look at the bottom of your play queue when there are 5 or 4 tracks of the first album left to play.  
It probably says something like “Play Next Album”.  
Pick something else there (click/swipe left/right)

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**Author:** ![astrompc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@astrompc](https://forums.plex.tv/u/astrompc)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playing-an-album-creates-a-loop/825878/3 "2023-01-08T08:24:47Z")

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Thanks so much for the tip. I didn’t know that you could change the option to sonically similar albums from there. Appreciate!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playing-an-album-creates-a-loop/825878/4 "2023-04-08T08:25:45Z")

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