Ipod touch doest seem to shuffle very well

ok well i use an ipod touch 2g with a alpine ida-x100 radio unit so that i can listen to my music in my truck. lately ive noticed that while listening to the songs my ipod will play certain songs more than others and some artists back to back. is there a way for me to make my ipod shuffle better? and if it helps i have about 450 songs, and ive made sure skip when shuffling is off.

Yes- I agree the only way I was able to get it to shuffle was with the app on with the screen turned on. However, the Apple Store, said they didn't think that was necessary. I cannot get my unit to shuffle at all any other way.
When you get your unit to shuffle, do you have to shake your unit really hard or wildly? I have to do that with mine.
I have tried a restore but when I restore, and it asks to restore with last backup and I click to do that aren't I just putting back on the same that was there before the restore? So if there is a problem with the original download of 3.1.1 software aren't I just putting it back like it was? Should I tell it to restore as a NEW iPOD?

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When I put on a playlist or even an entire genre in 'shuffle songs' mode I experience an irritating phenomenon. It will often go something like this:
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