ITunes not organizing music correctly

I was importing a CD to iTunes, and it seems that the music is not grouped together by album. However, the choice "albums" is chosen in my iTunes menu. Below is a picture of what I exactly mean, with the album Sweeney Todd.
The several Sweeney Todd's are supposed to be in the same album, but it seems like there's something wrong. This has also occurred with another album as well. What should I do to organize this correctly?
Thanks!
As a note, my iTunes has the newest update.

Fill in the Album Artist (Sweeney Todd) for all those songs.
Also see this -> iTunes: Grouping Tracks Into Albums
(from turingtest2 who also posts in these forums)

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After reviewing your post, I have located an article that can help in this situation. It contains a number of troubleshooting steps and helpful advice concerning audio playback issues:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3217
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