IPhoto 4 missing albums

Hi there,
I'm running iPhoto 4.0.3 and my battery ran out when iPhoto was open (it's dying and doesn't give me a warning notice). When I re-started the Mac, the photos were still there but the album structure was missing. All that was left was Photo Library, Last Roll, Last 12 Months and Trash. The album folders are there in Finder under iPhoto Library->Albums but they won't display in iPhoto. I tried rebuilding the Library using command-option when opening iPhoto but that didn't work. Any other ideas how to get iPhoto to re-build the albums?
Thanks,
Andrew

I tried rebuilding the Library using command-option when opening iPhoto but that didn't work
I'm not surprised. If you're using iPhoto 4 or earlier, a database rebuild is initiated by launching iPhoto while holding the shift+option keys.

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