IPod Sorting

I know this question has probably been asked a dozen or more times, but, I'm gonna dig it up anyway, sorry.
The way I have my files sorted/tagged on my computer is so I can sort on my iPod
genre > artist > album.
Just recently I went on a ramped MP3 renaming mission and re-tagged my MP3s so if there are multiple artists in a song it will say X feat. Y, but I have the Album Artist block filled in with the main artist. Now, my ipod sorts the albums correctly, but, the artist section, after choosing a genre, is a mess of lots of artists that connect to the same album. x feat. a, x feat. b, x feat. c, etc. that all connect to the album by x.
I know I can create compilations, but, I hate how the ipod then sorts these albums under a different area. I really want to be able to still go genre>artist>album.
Is there ANY way possible to sort the ipod by Album Artist instead of Artist in order to have the same genre>artist>album setup as I did before and avoid the whole, "use the compilation" tagging which then separates the albums and doesn't allow me to select via my preferred browsing method?

Thanks, I was hoping that this feature would finally be improved or 'fixed'. I used to have everything in the Title but then felt like the title was cluttered and moved it to where it should be. No biggie, somewhat disappointing, but not the worst thing in the world. I use MP3Tag, so, I'll find a script that will just move it all back.

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