diff --git a/crates/qbz-ui/ui/discover/AlbumCard.slint b/crates/qbz-ui/ui/discover/AlbumCard.slint
index 93135edff..b3f2b85f3 100644
--- a/crates/qbz-ui/ui/discover/AlbumCard.slint
+++ b/crates/qbz-ui/ui/discover/AlbumCard.slint
@@ -407,14 +407,27 @@ export component AlbumCard inherits Rectangle {
                 spacing: 2px;
                 horizontal-stretch: 1;
 
-                Text {
-                    text: root.album.title;
+                // Album title, clickable with the same target as the artwork
+                // click: opens the album (or toggles selection in select-mode).
+                title-area := TouchArea {
                     height: 20px;
-                    color: Theme.text-primary;
-                    font-size: Typography.body - 2px;
-                    font-weight: Typography.medium;
-                    vertical-alignment: center;
-                    overflow: elide;
+                    mouse-cursor: pointer;
+                    clicked => {
+                        if (root.select-mode) {
+                            root.media-action("album", root.album.id, "toggle-select");
+                        } else {
+                            root.clicked(root.album.id);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Text {
+                        width: 100%;
+                        text: root.album.title;
+                        color: title-area.has-hover ? Theme.accent : Theme.text-primary;
+                        font-size: Typography.body - 2px;
+                        font-weight: Typography.medium;
+                        vertical-alignment: center;
+                        overflow: elide;
+                    }
                 }
                 // Artist name — clickable when an artist id is known,
                 // navigating to the artist page (1:1 with Tauri).