I can only think of a handful of albums I will listen to the whole album-- The Long Run, The Cars Heartbeat City, Van Halen's Fair Warning and the whole Zeppelin discography. So I have a habit of not loading certain songs on my ipod when loading cds.
As far as record albums and skipping songs--- hubby and I bought a laser turntable in the 80s that scanned the whole album side and then you could pick what track you wanted and it would go directly to that track. You can even program it to play them in whatever order you wish. I love this turntable and we still use it!