Multiple artwork covers & songs out of order

When I import certain CD's into iTunes, the program sometimes separates the one album into several different ones.  In most cases this happens when there is a featuring artist. I realize that if the 'Album Artist' is different for each song, iTunes recognizes it as an entirely different album.  I've tried checking compilation, but in this particular case I actually have 3 different albums for this artist and when I check compilation, iTunes combines all 3 albums.  I want to have ONE album cover assigned to ALL of the songs from the album.
Another problem I have is that sometimes iTunes rearranges the order of the songs within the album.  What causes this, and how can I change the order back to the way it's supposed to be?
Someone please help!

The column header as seen in the photo above (click on photo and it'll appear larger in a pop open, floating window) is a great tool for help sorting songs in your library or in a playlist. If you are viewing your library in Album view or Grid view you won't see any columns, you'll only see an image of the album. While fun, it's also limiting the way you manage your library. Choose a library view that shows your stuff in a list view. VIEW> AS LIST or AS COVER FLOW.
In the photo I've 'sorted' by number of Plays so the songs played the most will appear at the top of my playlist. In this case, the top song has played 11 times.
You can also sort by Track#, Genre, Artist. Simply click/select the header and the library or list will sort according to the sort perameter. You can customize the information in the Header by going again to the pull down menu VIEW>VIEW OPTIONS.
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