IOS 5 and duplicate album issue.

I have an iPod Touch 4 64gb. After upgrading to iOS 5, I have a few albums that are now duplicated in the iPod music player*. When it's connected to iTunes, there are no duplcate albums in the music list; it's got exactly what I have on the syncing computer. While the iPod had iOS 4, it didn't have any of these duplicate album issues.
The iPod was 'reset' after upgrading the OS, so everything was freshly synced. Also, I made sure that all the album information (artist, etc) was entered via selecting the whole album and using the 'get info' to enter it into all the tracks simulnateously, so there aren't any extra spaces in some tracks that might cause the software to see them as 'different albums' somehow.
I've also deleted the offending albums by using the 'sync manually' option, then reloading them onto the iPod, which then brings back the duplicate albums on the iPod (even though, again, the music list in iTunes shows the iPod as only having one copy). And, if I start playing one track on one of the duplicates, pause it, go to the same track on the other duplicate, it picks up exactly where it paused on the first - so, again, its not actually duplicating tracks, justs the specific album particulars.
Just to reiterate: There were no duplicate entries in the iPod music app under iOS 4. I didn't change any album info before updating. The duplicate entries only started showing up after updating to iOS 5.
*The duplicate albums seem to have a missing track (with one having 3 missing tracks). Again, I made sure to enter all the album information with all tracks highlit so they all got the exact same informaiton without spaces, extra characters, etc.

Okay, I solved this issue as far as my iPod is concerned.
I decided to re-rip one of the album sets having the issue (I wanted it as lossless on my PC anyway, so it was due). Once it was ripped, I noticed that one of the tracks on the albums in the set was separated in iTunes, even though I'd made sure that the artist and album name were set using Get Info on all the tracks simultaniously. Apparently, each of the tracks on the album was marked as part of a compellation (even though only 1 of the 8 tracks had its own entry in the cover carousel). After unchecking that, it was back to one album in the carousel. Synced to the iPod and no duplicate album anymore.
I checked the other album having the issue and 3 of the tracks had the compellation checkmark checked. That album did *not* have separate entries in the carousel. After deleting those checkmarks, deleting the album from the iPod and re-syncing, it now shows up properly.
So, in my case, it seemed that errant compilation entries was the issue, which is odd anyway, because I didn't check that at all. It must have come from the album ID when they were ripped for some reason.

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