I agree with most of the statements, track order most definitely matters. Not just because the artist intended it to be that way, but because it usually flows well that way and I can't think of a compelling argument for not listening to it in that order. Other than trying to get a new perspective on an album you're very familiar with, just for fun. But I'm never done that. I'll shuffle a playlist with multiple albums in it, of course, but an album is an album.
The only album I can think of that would sound the same in order or on shuffle is Aphex Twin's Drukqs, as I've never felt that much thought went into ordering the tracks. It feels very random to me, and I actually separated the two discs into my own "chill" and "hyper" discs rather than having it all mixed up like RDJ did.
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