ITunes favours a particular album

OK, so this is an odd one...
There is a series of compilation albums in the UK called "Now That's What I Call Music".  They have been putting out approximately 3 albums per year since the 1980s and their latest release is "Now 89".  I happen to have all 89 of them in my iTunes library (yes, I know) but whenever I sync music to my iPhone and select "Automatically fill free space with songs" it mostly chooses songs from Now 40.  It may choose one or two songs from other Now albums (and of course any other albums in my collection) but it's almost as if Now 40 is its favourite and it will add the album in its entirety.  As far as I can see, there's nothing particularly different in the embedded information.
Any ideas?

I happen to have all 89 of them in my iTunes library (yes, I know)
whenever I sync music to my iPhone and select "Automatically fill free space with songs" it mostly chooses songs from Now 40.
Dr. Dio,
That "Automatically fill free space..." does not offer any control.
For a different approach, make a Smart Playlist of all songs where "Album" "contains" "Now" and "Last Played" "is not in the last" "8" "weeks," and include it in the sync to your device.  It will always contain new songs you haven't heard in a while.

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