Ipod never keeps cover flow in correct format

Basically, my cover flow never stays in the proper order. i will find artists that start with A at the end of cover flow. please help me.

I have just this minute managed to fix this problem on my ipod - the albums which were out of order had their 'Part of a compilation' box ticked on the 'info' tab. Unticking the box allows them to sort properly

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    2. List of artist/search for artists: SOme (at least one) artists seem to be hidden, i.e. I cannot find them in the artists' list or search for them.
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    I already tried a reset with no effect.
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    It's highly unlikely, in fact well nigh impossible that you have an iPod 6 gen as the 6 Generation iPods were just announced today.
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    The best avenue for providing Apple such constructive feedback is via this link instead.
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    It just simply not a feature. You might think about requesting it here:
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  • Cover flow gone wrong

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    Katherine

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    There are two likely causes for the symptoms you decribe, detailed in the two sections of the post I pointed out. First make sure the album is not marked as Compilation. Select all the tracks of one of the problem albums, Get info. then on the options tab make sure *Part of a compilation* reads No, tick the checkbox even if it already says No. Click OK. I don't use my iPod in manual mode but I presume iTunes will do tag modifications in manual mode. Second possibility revolves around the various "Sort" fields which can be used to override the natural sorting order for albums and artists. Take *The Clash* for example. iTunes will normally set a Sort Artist value of "Clash" so the band is listed under C instead of T. You can put your own value for sort artist, e.g. "ZZZZ Clash", would normally force them towards the end of Cover flow or the Artists menu. Check what values, if any, these fields have to see if they could be causing the problem. It might also pay to reset your ipod as this will sometimes fix errors in the way it lists things.
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    After updating my iTunes I saw the new interface and I thought, ok, a new way to use iTunes. Some nice features, in the GUI. But than I got a shock:
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    No option to enable coverflow??
    I don't have so much albums in my library, the most of them a "single" songs. So one Album contains one song. For me the album view is not so important as the song and playlist view.
    And here its not possible anymore to go through the library like on a jukebox? Once Cover Flow was that "killer feature" of iTunes. And now its gone?
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    Coverflow - the most overrated feature that only looks good in demos. Least functional and most resource intensive way of browsing your library.
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    Has someone else noticed this or am I going crazy?
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