Iphoto i can't see my albums

I have lost all my iphoto albums... im using iphoto 08 with osx lion. is it a view thing which i can change in the menus or something more involved. ipod have kept all albums previously in iphoto.
i have restored my library from recent backup and has the same issue.

Why not choose the Library like it asks you?

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Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Have you run Disk Utility and verified the hard drive? It sounds like it may be something more than just iPhoto causing problems but a disk problem. If the verify indicates repairs are necessary you'll have to boot into the system install disk that came with you Mac and, in the first window after the language selection window, launch Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
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Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
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