Can't play an album

When trying to play an album, if the album was ripped, either the first song only plays or nothing plays. iTunes purchased albums seem to be OK.
Any ideas how I can fix this?

This is for iTunes 11, BTW.

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Hi,
Most albums on my iPod play in sequence, i.e. I choose the first track of an album and it continues to play the whole album track by track.
Some albums however only play the track I selected then goes back to the main menu when this has finished. Whatever track I choose the displays reads '1 0f 1' and i can't play thw whole album in sequence.
Any ideas why?
Thanks in anticipation.

However I don't know what's a checkbox?
And commna-click means the cmd-a clicl of the mouse
Yes. You hold down the Command key and with your mouse click the checkbox.
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Try deleting the problematic file (electing to remove original file if/when prompted) and then re-downloading the file from the iTunes store.
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p.s. I am not knowledgeable of Apple/iTunes etc, I was under the impression that if I purchased an album then I can use my purchase on a non-Apple device

mickyja wrote:
I don't own an Apple device, but I have purchased an audio album from the iTunes store. How can I play this on my android phone, as I am unable to burn the album to mp3 format? Can I obtain a refund if this is not possible? Thanks
p.s. I am not knowledgeable of Apple/iTunes etc, I was under the impression that if I purchased an album then I can use my purchase on a non-Apple device
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For future reference, note that the iTunes Store is really optimized for people using Apple devices. You might find it more convenient to buy music in Mp3 format from Amazon Digital Music or Google Play Music.

How can I get an album to play in order on Itunes? The songs keep skipping all around to other albums that I did not want to listen to at that time?

How can I get an album to play in order on Itunes? The songs keep skipping all around to other albums that I did not want to listen to at that time?

It sounds like you might have the shuffle button at the bottom left of the iTunes (the button with the squiggly lines).
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