Itunes is breaking up my files

All of the music on my computer is whole albums...I have a group name with albums inside of it then the songs in the album folder...like Boston has Boston, Don't Look Back, and Third Stage and Third Stage has Amanda, We're Ready, Cool The Engines, My Destination, etc...When I load the folder Boston onto Itunes...I get Boston as a whole album...but Third Stage has Amanda and We're Ready in one album and then Cool The Engines by itself and My Destination by itself, I have 80 gb of music on my pc so when I load it all there is a big mess. I don't want to put it on my ipod this way I want to be able to just play an album and get the whole thing...any help anyone PLEASE

Good Morning Doug.
In your main iTunes library (click on 'Music', in the left menu) you can view your music by song/artist/album/etc. simply by highlighting the header of the info you wish to sort it by.
If you have a different category you wish to add to your library go to:
iTunes (menu bar) > View > View Options (at bottom) > and check off the options you wish to see in your library. Don't forget to save.
Hope this helps.
mwn

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