"I rather like the idea that you sweat and fret over track listings..."
It's part of the mastering process.
We've just done one, and we had 17 tracks totalling nearly 70 minutes.
We got sent those on a CD, the result of the first mixing.
We decided which tracks to drop (4 of them), and then juggled the remaining tracks into a sensible order. You have to choose especially carefully the fisrt and last tracks, then fill in the rest keeping a reasonable flow of variety so you don't have too many similar tracks next to each other. Also made notes on sound on a handful of tracks where we though it could be improved.

I then made a fresh CD of the chosen tracks in chosen order, and tried to listen to it all in one go without phone calls and other interruptions. We sent the comments and track list back to WildGoose, and Doug is happy with the choice. If he wasn't he'd have suggested alternatives...

So certainly some effort is made.

Anahata