ITunes 11 Recently Added and Sorting Order

Upon updating to iTunes 11 last week, I've found that my Recently Added playlist is completely out of order both on my iPhone 4 and in iTunes on my Mac.
The playlist is now set to sort by artist name, not the date that the songs were added. Ordinarily, I would just switch my display to "Sort by: Date Added." However, when I do this, the tracks within each album are now listed alphabetically, rather than being listed in track order. Towards the bottom of my playlist, songs aren't even sorted by album anymore - three albums are completely mixed up, because I purchased them at the same time.
When I view this album on my iPhone, the same problem occurs. The songs are listed in the order that I downloaded the album, but the songs within the album are either in a random order (probably the order in which the songs finished downloading) or they are listed alphabetically. This did NOT happen prior to downloading iTunes 11.
To summarize: I can get the songs listed in the correct track order if I sort by artist, but then the albums are not sorted by date added. I can get the albums sorted by date added, but then the tracks are not sorted in correct track order.
What I would love is for the playlist to show the most recent album that I downloaded, with the tracks in the correct order. In other words:
Most Recent Album
     Track 1
     Track 2
     Track 3
Next Most Recent Album
     Track 1
     Track 2
     Track 3
Is this possible?

For reference...
In this image, you can see that the playlist is sorting by artist, and within each album, the tracks are in the correct order.
In this next image, you will see that I have sorted the playlist by "Date Added." When I do this, the "Sleeping with Sirens" album is in REVERSE alphabetical order (because it's ascending, not descending), not reverse track order. The albums near the top of the playlist are completely jumbled up.
Prior to updating to iTunes 11, the playlist worked wonderfully. The far-left column (the one that is selected in the first photo) was selected, and it would list all of my songs in the manner I outlined in the first post (albums by date added, with track order intact) and all was well. I am wondering if it is possible to get that again, or, if not, why?

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