ITunes album songs wrong sequence/wrong order

Hi there,
I'm experiencing a problem with the song sequence in certain albums (I purchased these songs on iTunes by the way).
When in Album view, in the Sting album "Ten Summoner's Tales (Remastered)" the nr.10 song "Shape Of My Heart" is placed in front of nr.1, "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You".
When in Songs view, everything seems fine when I select the "Album by Artist/Year" view. I tried to renumber the nr.10 song to a different nr and back. I also tried  changing the album into a compilation of songs by different artists. The disc nr. is the same for every song. I also tried to check and uncheck the shuffle button.
"The Soul Cages" by Sting shows the songs in a completely random order.
Every other album seems to be perfectly fine with the song orders. I can't find anything on the net that describes the same problem as I'm having.
I would greatly appreciate it if someone is able to help me out!

This might be a special case, but I thought I'd throw it out there.
I made a "kid safe" version of a comedy album so that I can play it when my kids are around. To do this, I had to edit some of the MP3 files (to remove the questionable material) and then add a new "Edited" version of the album to iTunes. When I did that, the songs on the new version appeared out of order in either Album or Artist (but OK under Songs and on an iPod and iPhone).
After looking at the differences between the original and altered files, I saw that the editing program did not keep the "Disc 1 of 1" information for the edited tracks. Once I added that back in (via Get Info), everything was sorted by track number again.
If that isn't your problem, look for any other "Get Info" inconsistencies between the tracks on the album.

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