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Huh. My CD of this has all the tracks properly separated. I haven’t really noticed any crossfades between tracks either. What version do you have?
I have the digital download version (bought from Qobuz), which features two “varieties” of the album, individual tracks and a “continuous mix”. I was puzzled by this as well. I suppose because of streaming, the individual tracks are mastered individually (and vary in loudness), which is okay for shuffling or random play, whereas the “continuous mix” is more unified, the way one would listen to an album.
I suppose this division is not “necessary” on a CD (I find it superfluous digitally as well, I think they should just release the music as is on CD and be done with it, but there you have it). My guess is that the CD is like the “continuous mix” with proper track separation, which is basically all you need anyway.