ITunes 12 - Sort album with numbers in title by natural order

Hi All
Searched but cannot find a solution to this.
Now I've got iTunes 12, I noticed that when I added a new album titled "Triple J Like A Version 10", it sorts this album at the beginning of the sequential list of albums. i.e.:
Triple J Like A Version
Triple J Like A Version 10
Triple J Like A Version 2
Triple J Like A Version 3
etc
It should appear after Triple J Like A Version 9.
My other albums added on earlier versions of iTunes are fine. For example Triple J Hottest 100 Volume 10 comes after 9 & before 11 where it should be; Volume 20 comes after 19 & before 21.
Is there any way to change the sort order to sort numbers in their natural order?
Thanks
Craig

Pad out the sort values with leading zeros so the sort names become:
Triple J Like A Version 02
Triple J Like A Version 03
Triple J Like A Version 09
Triple J Like A Version 10
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