ITunes keeps breaking up my albums

I'm new to using itunes so bare with me. I've noticed that some cds that I've uploaded are broken up when I view them under MyMusic. Meaning 11 out of 12 tracks will be listed along with the album but track 12 will have a listing all by it's self. Is there a way I can merge these or even prevent itunes from doing this? Thanks!

By default the library is sorted by artist. So if a track has a different artist from other tracks on the album it will go into a different folder. One way around this is to check "Part of a compilation" in the Info tab of all of the tracks on the album. iTunes will then place (or move) the album to the "Compilations" folder and keep the album tracks together.

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