Albums display 5 star songs first

hi
5th gen ipod, up to date
ituns 8.1
i sync selected playlists as i have too much to fit on the ipod, so created one called 'sync'. also, sync a lot of smart playlists, but generally what is in the smart playlists is in the sync playlist
my problem is that when i view an album on the ipod it shows any 5 star rated songs first, then the other in order. so if i have 2 5 star rated songs on an album they will appear at the top, then the list is ordered by song number (as expected)
when viewing on itunes i have made sure all are ordered by song number (this is in any smart playlist that i have and the sync playlist) or by artist where multiple exist in a playlist, so all appear in itunes as expected
have reset the ipod's settings. no luck.
any ideas?
thanks

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