Can I Change Album Song Order Without Making a Playlist?

Some albums get reissued in a different order than I am used to. To reorder the songs, I have been making a playlist and dragging the songs over in the order I want them. But--this feels like many extra steps. Can you just import the cd, and then reorder the songs in iTunes? If so, how? Thanks!

I think I solved it, actually. I clicked on the title of a song, and the whole line was highlighted; I then dragged it into the position I wanted, dropped it, and it stuck. Kind of reminded me of re-arranging my favorites list. It was pretty easy once I figured it out.

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I imported an album from my hard drive to iTunes but the songs are showing up out of order and I don't want to import the live album to my iPod in the wrong order. I've checked the info on all of the tracks and everything is correct.
How do I get the songs back into their proper order before importing to my iPod?

I imported an album from my hard drive to iTunes
but
the songs are showing up out of order and I don't
want to import the live album to my iPod in the
wrong
order. I've checked the info on all of the tracks
and everything is correct.
How do I get the songs back into their proper
order
before importing to my iPod?
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search bar in iTunes. Once all the tracks show up
and if they are still out of order, click the Album
tab and that should put them in proper order. Then
once that is done, hook up your iPod, select all
album tracks, and then drag to your iPod. That
should solve your problem. Let me know if this works
or does not work.
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I'm a nubie to mastering Itunes, but I was wondering if anyone can help me keep my albums, song orders, organized in their original track order, instead of alphabetically.
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