[COVER FLOW BUG] Double albums in some circumstances

I have found a bug affecting the Cover Flow feature.
I have 2 Albums called "Greatest Hits" on my iPod
Queen - Greatest Hits, and Venga Boys - Greatest Hits.
If I open these albums using Cover Flow, a list of songs from both albums appear, instead of just the selected album.
Repro Steps:
1. Open Queen - Greatest Hits within Cover Flow
2. It will show all songs from Queen - Greatest Hits, as well as Venga Boys - Greatest Hits.
3. It should only be showing the songs from Queen, not Venga Boys.
Anyone else able to reproduce this? When having two albums with the same name?

See http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6227178 for more info.
tt2

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