ITunes and iPod Classic Cover Flow Discrepancies

Hello.
I'm a little impatient and haven't searched through most of the posts to see if this problem has been addressed already. But it's an unusual one (I think).
I got the 160GB iPod and have been able to upload all my music successfully, as well as getting all the cover flow artwork to run smoothly. But now I've been noticing some strange things. When I got a new CD, for example M.I.A.'s 'Kala', I uploaded it onto my iTunes library, and it fell into place nicely next to her other album 'Arular'. But after uploading the new track to my iPod, I can't find 'Kala' next to 'Arular' in cover flow - instead it's way at the end, past the number and symbol titled artists. This was also true for another CD that I recently uploaded, and even more strangely, for some older single tracks that I haven't even listened to yet.
So, basically my iTunes library looks fine in cover flow, but there are a few albums and tracks that aren't in the correct order on my iPod. I've even tried deleting those misplaced albums and tracks from my iPod and then re-uploading them from my iTunes library, but they fall in the same place, at the very very end of the cover flow list.
And, this is just a cover flow problem - in the regular 'Artists' lists, the albums and tracks in question are in their appropriate spot.
Anyone know what might be wrong?
Thanks

It looks that the album, in your example "Kala", is marked like a compilation. In the iPod coverflow, the compilations appears at the end.

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