Concept albums do not play in correct order on ipod

Imported concept CD, Chicago 2 album, into iTunes and then put it on my 6th gen iPod Nano. Shuffle is off and yet tracks do not play in order on iPod but they do play in order on iTunes. Help--this is driving me crazy!

Looking in your iTunes library, do the songs have the *track number* field completed, are they correct and is the "total number of tracks on the album" also filled in?
There are various ways to see and change this information:
a.) *View/As list* (it's easier to see what you need at this time) and then *View/View options* and put a tick in the box named *Track No.* This will show you the track numbers in a column for each song and you can see which ones are missing.
If any songs or albums need changing:
b.) select song, *File/Get info/Info>track number X*
c.) select whole album *File/Get info/<yes>/>track number of X*
If that is not the problem, then it possibly the menu (on the iPod) that you've chosen to use to see the album. Which one have you used?
Phil

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