ITunes: Collaborations / duets treated as separate albums. Remedy?

Anytime there is a collaborator / duet on an album iTunes treats is as a separate album i.e. doesn't play it in sequence / no album artwork. Suggestions to remedy?

Hi,
Make album artist the same on all track - usually the main artist or if a compilation show as various artist. Also read this http://samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/grouping.asp
Jim

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