Yes, it would be nice to have a 'by album' shuffle (though I have some albums that are subdivided e.g. the "Concerto for a Rainy Day" in ELO's "Out of the Blue" album).

I manage reasonably well by linking all the albums into a big "Albums" playlist that's set to always shuffle, and I do most of my listening on that list, but I can go and listen to any artist in order in my "Artists" playlist. Conceivably, you could have several shuffled-albums playlist for different moods etc.

I'm so glad that the playlist framework we've been given is so accommodating!