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human
ELI5:how do artists decide which order to place their tracks on an album?

It matters less these days, as no one uses CDs anymore. It mattered even more before CDs, as there were cassette tapes.
gpt
an album is a piece of art to the artist. the tracks are all individual "illustrations" but when viewed all together, paint a more gestalt picture of what the artist is trying to convey. on some albums, the track listing is there to create a certain flow, feeling or ambiance throughout for the listener.. maybe some tracks segue into one another to create this effect. in some cases, the track order might not matter it all.