Shuffle play is a mode of music playback in which songs are played in a order that is decided upon for all tracks at once.
In CD players
In a CD player one can only shuffle songs on that CD, or with some models that could hold more than one CD, shuffle the songs on all of those CDs. Some CDs have been designed for the shuffle feature on CD players, such as They Might Be Giants'
Apollo 18. More modern CD players come with the shuffle feature.
In media devices
Almost all
software on computers has the shuffle feature including Windows Media Player and
MediaMonkey. Most electronic devices including
mobile phones and
have the shuffle feature and devices have even been created just for the shuffle feature, such as the Apple
iPod Shuffle. Media devices and players can usually shuffle more than just albums: they can also shuffle all of an artist's music, all of the music in a certain genre, and even all songs on the device. Users can also create playlists of whatever songs they like and shuffle them.
