Album's playlist in a different order

This is really odd. Have 5gb of music on board - every track is in the same order as they were from the playlists on the Mac - as they were copied over. When I connect up the nano and click on that album, it shows the tracks in the correct order. But when I go to that album on the nano itself, the tracks are in a different order - in fact, their in the order that they appear in the main music library. Why should this be?

Interesting thought. Just to clarify. The playlist shows the correct track order on the ipod when I look at it on iTunes. It also shows the correct track order if I listen to the album from 'playlists' on the ipod. But, the tracks are in a different order if I choose the album from 'artists/albums' instead. The other 99% of my albums are unaffected.

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a 62 song playlist. I start on song 16. Immediatly the song will shuffle: 16-26-54-62 and then back to the main screen. Also when the songs are shuffling the play button in the top right corner is on.
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Ipod has been in excellent working order since this has happened.
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