How can I consolidate a Various Artist album into one album?

When I imported a Various Artists CD to Itunes, it brought up an icon for each individual song in the album menu. Is there a way to consolidate them back into one individual album?

Got it answered from another post, thanks.

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In this case the issue is caused by the fact that you are sorting on the Date Added column and two unrelated tracks were imported during the same time frame as the album in question.
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