IOS 5: songs out of alphabetical order

just upgraded to iOS 5 and the songs are out of alphabetical order! any idea?
Tks

It came back to normal when I deleted all songs and synced again.
I have to repeat this process to add more songs, but only the new ones are out of order. The old songs remain in alphabetical order.
odd..

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ridin gaijin wrote:
Thank you tt2 but it's not a playlist..
but you also wrote...
However, on all my playlists, Pala Tute appears in the middle of the album, in alphabetical order, between My Companera and Raise the Knowledge.
which is why I brought it up...
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tt2

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