Albums with same names interleaved

I have several albums by different artists with the same title - "Greatest Hits"
When I sort by Album, it shows them to me with all of the tracks 1 together, tracks 2 together, etc. For an example, see:
http://alansmith.smugmug.com/photos/108162250-L-0.jpg
Any idea on how to fix this?
Thanks in advance,
Alan

Alan
I have had a similar problem with compilation albums which I solved (partially at least) by this fix: highlight all the tracks on the album in question then use Command-I. In the Info subsection fill in the Album Artist section with the appropriate name. (Gracenotes does not always fill in this data but adding it myself seems to work for my albums).
[For compilation albums, I just put "Various artists" in the album artist box otherwise, like your screenshot, I get multiple album covers for the same album which makes scrolling thro' a pain].
If anyone knows a better way then please let me know.
Hope I've been of some help!
Regards
gasman1966
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7) iMac G4 17 inch Flat panel 8OOMHz

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