How do I combine a purchased bonus track album and the same, regular album on my iPhone?

I recently purchashed the several songs from the "bonus track version" of Cat Power's new album, and then used "complete my album" in iTunes to purchase the rest of the album. However, when I view the album on my iphone, two versions appear of the same album: (1) the bonus track version with some songs and (2) the rest of the purchased songs as the regular album. How can I combine these two so I can just listen to the album straight through??

I had the exact same problem even after I ensured all of the album "Info" data were identical. iTunes and my iPod Classic treated all songs as ONE album. But my iPhone and iPad treated the songs as TWO albums.
To fix, I had to completely change the album name and sync my iPhone/iPad. For example, I changed the album name as follows:
     "Battle Born (Deluxe Edition)" > "Battle Born".
Note that when I changed the album name in iTunes like this:
     "Battle Born (Deluxe Edition)" > "Battle Born" > "Battle Born (Deluxe Edition)"
... and then sync'd, there was no change on my iPhone/iPad.
I think the key is changing the name so that it differs from what the iPhone/iPad has. Maybe the indexes aren't rebuilt? Who knows.
If you want to revert back to the original album name, you must change the name in iTunes and sync again.
Hope this works for you.

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