diff --git a/frontend/src/components/explore-album-details/explore-album-details.ts b/frontend/src/components/explore-album-details/explore-album-details.ts
index 45a02d5..924f80a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/explore-album-details/explore-album-details.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/explore-album-details/explore-album-details.ts
@@ -662,34 +662,21 @@ export class ExploreAlbumDetails extends LitElement implements ContextMenuHost {
                 font-weight: 400;
             }
 
-            /* The request control is only offered where there is
-             * something to request, and only when the row is being
-             * attended to — a column of plus signs down a mostly-owned
-             * album is the clutter the green ticks were.
+            /* The request control is offered on every row that has
+             * something to request, and is not revealed on hover.
              *
-             * Hidden with opacity, never display:none or visibility,
-             * so it keeps its place in the layout (rows do not reflow
-             * as the pointer moves) and stays in the tab order and the
-             * accessibility tree.  focus-within is what makes it
-             * reachable without a mouse: tabbing to the button reveals
-             * it, and the row's own focus reveals it before you get
-             * there. */
+             * It used to be transparent until the row was hovered or
+             * focused, on the reasoning that a column of plus signs
+             * down a mostly-owned album is clutter. That reasoning was
+             * inherited from the green ticks it replaced and does not
+             * survive the rule those were removed for: a tick marked
+             * the *common* case, while this marks the rows that are
+             * **not** here. A mark on the exception is the information
+             * on this page — and one that appears only under the
+             * pointer cannot be seen, counted, or reached by anyone
+             * driving this with a finger. */
             .track-row .track-request {
                 flex-shrink: 0;
-                opacity: 0;
-                transition: opacity 0.12s ease;
-            }
-
-            .track-row:hover .track-request,
-            .track-row:focus-within .track-request,
-            .track-row .track-request:focus-visible {
-                opacity: 1;
-            }
-
-            @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
-                .track-row .track-request {
-                    transition: none;
-                }
             }
         `,
     ];
diff --git a/frontend/test/components/album-request-badge-visibility.test.ts b/frontend/test/components/album-request-badge-visibility.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71b032e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/test/components/album-request-badge-visibility.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/**
+ * The request badge on an unowned row is there without being hovered.
+ *
+ * It used to be transparent until the row was hovered or focused, on
+ * the reasoning that a column of plus signs down a mostly-owned album
+ * is clutter. That reasoning came from the green ticks it replaced and
+ * does not survive the rule those were removed for: a tick marked the
+ * **common** case, while this marks the rows that are *not* here. A
+ * mark on the exception is the information on this page, and one that
+ * exists only under the pointer cannot be seen, counted, or reached by
+ * anyone driving the app with a finger.
+ *
+ * That the badge *repaints* when clicked is the other half of #33 and
+ * is covered by `album-track-request.test.ts`.
+ */
+import { describe, expect, it, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import type { LitElement } from 'lit';
+
+import '@components/explore-album-details/explore-album-details';
+import { stub, flush, resetHarness } from '@test/support/harness';
+import { fixture, shadowAll } from '@test/support/render';
+
+function track(n: number, owned: boolean) {
+  return {
+    position: n,
+    discNumber: 1,
+    title: `Track ${n}`,
+    length: 200000,
+    mbid: `mbid-${n}`,
+    inLibrary: owned,
+  };
+}
+
+/** An album with one owned track and one that is not here. */
+async function albumWithAnUnownedTrack(): Promise<LitElement> {
+  const el = await fixture<LitElement>('explore-album-details', {
+    albumName: 'Glass Harbour',
+    releaseGroupMBID: 'rg-1',
+  });
+
+  stub('library.Library.GetFilePathsByRecordingMBIDs', {
+    'mbid-1': ['/music/mbid-1.mp3'],
+  });
+
+  Object.assign(el, {
+    versionEntries: [
+      {
+        key: 'v1',
+        label: '2019',
+        sublabel: '2 tracks',
+        tracks: [track(1, true), track(2, false)],
+      },
+    ],
+    selectedVersionKey: 'v1',
+    loadingReleases: false,
+    loadingInfo: false,
+  });
+  el.requestUpdate();
+  await flush();
+  await el.updateComplete;
+
+  return el;
+}
+
+const badges = (el: LitElement) =>
+  shadowAll(el, 'library-status-indicator.track-request');
+
+describe('the tracklist’s request badge', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    resetHarness();
+    stub('library.Library.GetFilePathsByRecordingMBIDs', {});
+    stub('library.Library.GetFilePathsByAlbums', {});
+    stub('library.Library.GetAlbumTracks', []);
+    stub('library.Library.GetAllLibrariesWithTrackCounts', []);
+    stub('download.Service.ProviderKinds', []);
+    stub('download.Service.ListProviders', []);
+    stub('download.Service.ListDownloads', []);
+    stub('download.Service.ListRequests', []);
+  });
+
+  it('is visible without a pointer anywhere near it', async () => {
+    const el = await albumWithAnUnownedTrack();
+    const [badge] = badges(el);
+
+    expect(badge).toBeTruthy();
+    // Computed opacity rather than the absence of a rule, because the
+    // rule could come back under a different selector.
+    expect(getComputedStyle(badge!).opacity).toBe('1');
+  });
+
+  it('is still only on the rows with something to request', async () => {
+    // Always-visible is not the same as everywhere: an owned track has
+    // nothing left to ask for, and a badge on it would be the column of
+    // green ticks this page deliberately stopped drawing.
+    expect(badges(await albumWithAnUnownedTrack())).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+});