Unfortunately, no. They really messed up the iPad music player app with iOS 5. If you are so inclined, do leave feedback at: http://www.apple.com/feedback/
If enough people complain, maybe they'll fix it in iOS 6!
They are leaving the door wide open for other developers to come up with better apps. Hard to figure out why they do some things - like why is weather not included on the iPad, but is on the iPhone?