Ipod only syncing first song off most selected to sync albums

My ipod touch fourth generation is only syncing the first song off most of the albums I've selected to sync. A few completely random albums appear in full. I have tried a few approaches thinking maybe the problem had to do with itunes not knowing it's target folder. I deleted all my songs, kept the files, then reloaded all the songs in. This did nothing. Itunes will play the albums in their entirety on my computer, so the files work and are there. And also, when I'm syncing, I can see that the songs are set to eventually sync within the ipod, the tracks appear but they are greyed out. For some reason they just never sync.
I tried manually selecting albums, as opposed to artists, to sync and that didn't work either. On top of this, I have a smart playlist set to sync as well, and still the first song problem persists.
Needless to say, this is frustrating as ****. Any help would be much appreciated

It took me over a week, and multiple calls to Apple Care, and three Genious Bar appointments, and a replaced iPod to find a workaround for this odd problem. What I finally found to work is set it to manual managment of music, and delete everything. Then, add your songs in small bunches. I have put upwards of 750 on at once and it still worked properly.
As for the source of the problem, it is still anyone's guess.
I hope this works for you too. I wonder if it has something to do with a large music library.

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