Artists, songs, albums, almost every category isnt showing

I have a 30gb white ipod video and just recently I noticed that some of my artists arent showing, then upon further investigation i foud some songs arent there, when they are shown as there in iTunes. very weird. so I have about 3000 songs, and of those, about 100-200 dont show!! are there any common fixes or something ive missed!
Thanks

I turned off Compilations and it worked a treat!! duh such a simple answer!!!!

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