diff --git a/changes/changelog.d/1274.enhancement b/changes/changelog.d/1274.enhancement
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f25d5a1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/changelog.d/1274.enhancement
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Make "play in list" the default when interacting with individual tracks (#1274)
diff --git a/front/src/components/audio/AlbumEntries.vue b/front/src/components/audio/AlbumEntries.vue
index c17258951..c0d1726e2 100644
--- a/front/src/components/audio/AlbumEntries.vue
+++ b/front/src/components/audio/AlbumEntries.vue
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 <template>
   <div class="album-entries">
-    <div :class="[{active: currentTrack && isPlaying && track.id === currentTrack.id}, 'album-entry']" v-for="track in tracks" :key="track.id">
+    <div :class="[{active: currentTrack && isPlaying && track.id === currentTrack.id}, 'album-entry']"  @click.prevent="replacePlay(tracks, index)" v-for="(track, index) in tracks" :key="track.id">
       <div class="actions">
-        <play-button class="basic circular icon" :button-classes="['circular inverted vibrant icon button']" :discrete="true" :icon-only="true" :track="track"></play-button>
+        <play-button class="basic circular icon" :button-classes="['circular inverted vibrant icon button']" :discrete="true" :icon-only="true" :track="track" :tracks="tracks"></play-button>
       </div>
       <div class="position">{{ prettyPosition(track.position) }}</div>
       <div class="content ellipsis">
-        <router-link :to="{name: 'library.tracks.detail', params: {id: track.id}}" class="discrete link">
-          <strong>{{ track.title }}</strong><br>
-        </router-link>
+        <strong>{{ track.title }}</strong><br>
       </div>
       <div class="meta">
         <template v-if="$store.state.auth.authenticated && $store.getters['favorites/isFavorite'](track.id)">
@@ -17,7 +15,7 @@
         <human-duration v-if="track.uploads[0] && track.uploads[0].duration" :duration="track.uploads[0].duration"></human-duration>
       </div>
       <div class="actions">
-        <play-button class="play-button basic icon" :dropdown-only="true" :is-playable="track.is_playable" :dropdown-icon-classes="['ellipsis', 'vertical', 'large really discrete']" :track="track"></play-button>      
+        <play-button class="play-button basic icon" :dropdown-only="true" :is-playable="track.is_playable" :dropdown-icon-classes="['ellipsis', 'vertical', 'large really discrete']" :track="track"></play-button>
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
@@ -54,7 +52,13 @@ export default {
       var s = String(position);
       while (s.length < (size || 2)) {s = "0" + s;}
       return s;
-    }
+    },
+    replacePlay (tracks, trackIndex) {
+      this.$store.dispatch('queue/clean')
+      this.$store.dispatch('queue/appendMany', {tracks: tracks}).then(() => {
+        this.$store.dispatch('queue/currentIndex', trackIndex)
+      })
+    },
   }
 }
 </script>
diff --git a/front/src/components/audio/PlayButton.vue b/front/src/components/audio/PlayButton.vue
index 96c9ba96e..c595f07c8 100644
--- a/front/src/components/audio/PlayButton.vue
+++ b/front/src/components/audio/PlayButton.vue
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     </button>
     <button
       v-if="!discrete && !iconOnly"
-      @click.prevent="clicked = true"
+      @click.stop.prevent="clicked = true"
       :class="['ui', {disabled: !playable && !filterableArtist}, 'floating', 'dropdown', {'icon': !dropdownOnly}, {'button': !dropdownOnly}]">
       <i :class="dropdownIconClasses.concat(['icon'])" :title="title" ></i>
       <div class="menu" v-if="clicked">
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
         <button v-if="track" class="item basic" :disabled="!playable" @click.stop.prevent="$store.dispatch('radios/start', {type: 'similar', objectId: track.id})" :title="labels.startRadio">
           <i class="feed icon"></i><translate translate-context="*/Queue/Button.Label/Short, Verb">Play radio</translate>
         </button>
+        <button v-if="track" class="item basic" @click.stop.prevent="$router.push(`/library/tracks/${track.id}/`)">
+          <i class="info icon"></i><translate translate-context="*/Queue/Dropdown/Button/Label/Short">Track details</translate>
+        </button>
         <div class="divider"></div>
         <button v-if="filterableArtist" ref="filterArtist" data-ref="filterArtist" class="item basic" :disabled="!filterableArtist" @click.stop.prevent="filterArtist" :title="labels.hideArtist">
           <i class="eye slash outline icon"></i><translate translate-context="*/Queue/Dropdown/Button/Label/Short">Hide content from this artist</translate>
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@
           v-for="obj in getReportableObjs({track, album, artist, playlist, account, channel})"
           :key="obj.target.type + obj.target.id"
           class="item basic"
-          :ref="`report${obj.target.type}${obj.target.id}`" :data-ref="`report${obj.target.type}${obj.target.id}`" 
+          :ref="`report${obj.target.type}${obj.target.id}`" :data-ref="`report${obj.target.type}${obj.target.id}`"
           @click.stop.prevent="$store.dispatch('moderation/report', obj.target)">
           <i class="share icon" /> {{ obj.label }}
         </button>
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@ export default {
       } else {
         replacePlay = this.$pgettext('*/Queue/Dropdown/Button/Title', 'Play tracks')
       }
-      
+
       return {
         playNow: this.$pgettext('*/Queue/Dropdown/Button/Title', 'Play now'),
         addToQueue: this.$pgettext('*/Queue/Dropdown/Button/Title', 'Add to current queue'),
@@ -143,7 +146,6 @@ export default {
     },
   },
   methods: {
-
     filterArtist () {
       this.$store.dispatch('moderation/hide', {type: 'artist', target: this.filterableArtist})
     },
@@ -175,7 +177,9 @@ export default {
       let self = this
       this.isLoading = true
       let getTracks = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        if (self.track) {
+        if (self.tracks) {
+          resolve(self.tracks)
+        } else if (self.track) {
           if (!self.track.uploads || self.track.uploads.length === 0) {
             // fetch uploads from api
             axios.get(`tracks/${self.track.id}/`).then((response) => {
@@ -184,8 +188,6 @@ export default {
           } else {
             resolve([self.track])
           }
-        } else if (self.tracks) {
-          resolve(self.tracks)
         } else if (self.playlist) {
           let url = 'playlists/' + self.playlist.id + '/'
           axios.get(url + 'tracks/').then((response) => {
@@ -236,7 +238,14 @@ export default {
       let self = this
       self.$store.dispatch('queue/clean')
       this.getPlayableTracks().then((tracks) => {
-        self.$store.dispatch('queue/appendMany', {tracks: tracks}).then(() => self.addMessage(tracks))
+        self.$store.dispatch('queue/appendMany', {tracks: tracks}).then(() => {
+          if (self.track) {
+            // set queue position to selected track
+            const trackIndex = self.tracks.findIndex(track => track.id === self.track.id)
+            self.$store.dispatch('queue/currentIndex', trackIndex)
+          }
+          self.addMessage(tracks)
+        })
       })
       jQuery(self.$el).find('.ui.dropdown').dropdown('hide')
     },
diff --git a/front/src/components/audio/track/Row.vue b/front/src/components/audio/track/Row.vue
index 876f2d713..03b6ccfa3 100644
--- a/front/src/components/audio/track/Row.vue
+++ b/front/src/components/audio/track/Row.vue
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
 <template>
   <tr>
     <td>
-      <play-button :class="['basic', {vibrant: currentTrack && isPlaying && track.id === currentTrack.id}, 'icon']" :discrete="true" :is-playable="playable" :track="track"></play-button>
+      <play-button :class="['basic', {vibrant: currentTrack && isPlaying && track.id === currentTrack.id}, 'icon']"
+        :discrete="true"
+        :is-playable="playable"
+        :track="track"
+        :track-index="trackIndex"
+        :tracks="tracks"></play-button>
     </td>
     <td>
       <img alt="" class="ui mini image" v-if="track.album && track.album.cover && track.album.cover.urls.original" v-lazy="$store.getters['instance/absoluteUrl'](track.album.cover.urls.medium_square_crop)">
       <img alt="" class="ui mini image" v-else src="../../../assets/audio/default-cover.png">
     </td>
     <td colspan="6">
-      <router-link class="track" :to="{name: 'library.tracks.detail', params: {id: track.id }}">
+      <button class="track" @click.stop="playSong()">
         <template v-if="displayPosition && track.position">
           {{ track.position }}.
         </template>
         {{ track.title|truncate(40) }}
-      </router-link>
+      </button>
     </td>
     <td colspan="4">
       <router-link class="artist discrete link" :to="{name: 'library.artists.detail', params: {id: track.artist.id }}">
@@ -56,6 +61,8 @@ import PlayButton from '@/components/audio/PlayButton'
 export default {
   props: {
     track: {type: Object, required: true},
+    trackIndex: {type: Number, required: true},
+    tracks: {type: Array, required: false},
     artist: {type: Object, required: false},
     displayPosition: {type: Boolean, default: false},
     displayActions: {type: Boolean, default: true},
@@ -80,6 +87,16 @@ export default {
         return this.track.album.artist
       }
     },
+  },
+  methods: {
+    playSong () {
+      this.$store.dispatch('queue/clean')
+      this.$store.dispatch('queue/appendMany', {
+        tracks: this.tracks
+      }).then(() => {
+        this.$store.dispatch('queue/currentIndex', this.trackIndex)
+      })
+    },
   }
 }
 </script>
diff --git a/front/src/components/audio/track/Table.vue b/front/src/components/audio/track/Table.vue
index 43a9069f8..36f78cc26 100644
--- a/front/src/components/audio/track/Table.vue
+++ b/front/src/components/audio/track/Table.vue
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
           :display-position="displayPosition"
           :display-actions="displayActions"
           :track="track"
+          :track-index="index"
+          :tracks="allTracks"
           :artist="artist"
           :key="index + '-' + track.id"
           v-for="(track, index) in allTracks"></track-row>
diff --git a/front/src/style/components/_track_table.scss b/front/src/style/components/_track_table.scss
index 7fd40ff11..56d518650 100644
--- a/front/src/style/components/_track_table.scss
+++ b/front/src/style/components/_track_table.scss
@@ -11,4 +11,9 @@
       visibility: hidden;
     }
   }
+
+  .track {
+    display: block;
+    line-height: 2;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/front/src/style/globals/_channels.scss b/front/src/style/globals/_channels.scss
index fd90cee29..424b80efb 100644
--- a/front/src/style/globals/_channels.scss
+++ b/front/src/style/globals/_channels.scss
@@ -75,6 +75,18 @@
     }
   }
 }
+
+.album-entry:hover {
+  cursor: pointer;
+
+  // explicitly style the button as if it was hovered itself
+  .ui.inverted.vibrant.button {
+    background-color: var(--vibrant-hover-color);
+    color: white;
+    box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px var(--vibrant-color) inset;
+  }
+}
+
 .album-entry, .channel-entry-card {
   border-radius: 5px;
   padding: 0.5em;