Album split into 3 albums in album view

Hi
I have been transferring some of my old music from a Creative MP3 player to my Ipod. When I go into album view, a couple of albums have been split up, into 3 albums. The first having the first few tracks, the next album having a couple more, then the final album having the last few. Is there any way I can tell Itunes they are the same album, and link them all up accordingly?
Thanks

Hiya, I had exactly the same problem, You need to right click on the songs that have been split up and go to "get info" and make sure the album name are EXACTLY the same. Make sure there are no spaces after the album name and that all capital letters are the same etc. This sorted it out for me, hope it does for you!

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