Imported album saves tracks separately?

I imported a CD of an album (regular store-bought stuff before you ask, not anything dodgily obtained or even a home made CD or anything) and for some reason it ends up taking out two of the tracks, and saving them as separate albums with the same album title, but a different artist, even though the same artist is on all of them (sometimes someone else is credited to, but it's a singer's debut album and he obviously sings on all of the tracks).
So, the album is called 'My First Love', with a total of 15 tracks listed on the album artwork, so they should appear as one album - one square icon/tile/whatever - on itunes, right? At least when I'm using the 'Album' view. But they don't. Instead, this is what I get:
I tried deleting all three of these things (put them in the trash) and re-importing it all over again, but I still get the same results.
Any ideas on how to fix this? It's a pain in the rear
Thanks!!
Message was edited by: mili2384 to clarify a couple of points and fix a few typos/forgotten words that impeded comprehension - sorry, very tired!

Sort by track number: click on the column head that says "Track Number". If there largest to smallest number, click again. As long as your tracks are taggec correctly, this should put them in order.

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