All kidding aside, I listen lots of ways;
I view tapes as "recorded" or preserved playlists of songs, marking time and mood and I generally pop in a tape when I can be focused on listening all the way through.
Also like the unpredictable flow of using shuffle on digital sources plus an occasion playlist there too.
Tapes and digital are my deal 90% of the time.
When I play vinyl, which isn't enough - unless it's albums committed to tape - I usually binge out and make a listening session of it, with the selections dictated by mood.
Can't say that I've ever really listen just to "cuts"...
When I play a tape, I always run it beginning to end - same with vinyl; no music search or mid-LP need drops respectively.