IPhoto import album order

I've imported my iPhoto collection-but my albums have been re-arranged alphabetically. Generally I've arranged them sequentially (generally matching rolls but only with the useful shots) except for a few collections along certain themes.
Is there any way I can rearrange these imported albums in Aperture, that doesn't require a numerical naming scheme, requiring manual renaming of each album?

Hi Terrence and OT,
Thank you for your support but I have already tried to do that.
The problem is a bit more complex and maybe I was not clear enough in my explanations!
On the screenshot of my Iphoto album above you can see pictures twice, also if I click on the first picture I will see in full screen a completely different picture (I will actually see the first picture of my album, so the pictures were downloaded in the right order - I mean the chronological order of when the pictures were taken which is normally the way pictures are always downloaded on iPhoto - but I can't have a clear overview of my album.
As you can se below when I click on the 4th picture (the water fountain) I can see a completely different picture even if the thumb version on the pic shows the water fountain).

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