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The argument against the Desktop app seems unfounded, the author states: "I don’t usually like playlists and I’m the kind of guy who enjoys listening to whole albums, front to back". I'm of the same opinion, but when finding a new album to listen to I simply dray this into a new playlist and they become one and the same. This would also negate the argument against the mobile app as well.

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I'm using Spotify right now. I just pick the album, click the first song and it plays the album. Am I doing something wrong? Why do I need a playlist?

This is the way I use it as well.

What I would like is some way to tag or bookmark an album. I find I stumble upon a new artist or album I like, but then forget what it was later in the week.

Just star a song from the album. When you view your starred songs you can just click the album name in the Album column and you'll be taken to the full album that the song is from.

I really like the fact that it's easy to go from a single song to an album. I have a lot of songs I bought in my library, and with Spotify its easy to now play these songs in the context of their full album.

I just have one large play list where I add albums that I find and currently listens to. If you sort it by "Added" you can always go back (scroll) and see a time line of albums that you've enjoyed.

Why not create a playlist called "bookmarked"?

This is exactly what I did. Then it's as easy as dragging the song and/or album straight to it. That's it.

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