Gave up in the end as it gradually got worse from there, switched to tidal stream for remainder of album, no problems.
(Edit)
So I’m going to leave this Qobuz apparent problem alone here I have suspicions it’s related to the same thing I’ve reported as an issue in this thread Slow start and not “network ready” - #5 by madfiddler
However, after a couple hours listening tonight about 3 albums worth I got the distorted sound this was listening to Bob Dylan’s rough ‘n’ rowdy ways.