Itunes 8 changed library track order

My entire library was arranged by the track order of the album from which it came. The upgrade to 8 changed my entire library so that all the tracks in an album are arranged alphabetically. I do not know why this happened, but I would like the tracks in my library arranged by track order (the way that they used to be prior to 8). Any ideas??

Click on the Artist or Album column header.

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