ITunes sometimes splits albums

This is an annoyance: iTunes seems to like to split albums - sometimes it makes a separate album for each track! It doesn't like the idea of trying to consolidate all the tracks into one album by dragging and dropping. The multiple copies of the albums all have the same name, as near as I can tell. This is for CDs I've ripped - also for albums I've made from cassette tapes using sound editing software.
I'm new to iTunes - just got an iPhone so I'm trying to like it. Mostly I used Windows Media Player before - seems much more forgiving and intuitive than iTunes, which strikes me as quirky and brittle.
Anyone have suggestions? TIA...

nsimp08, Right-click > Get Info on all the songs. Look at these 3 fields, and if any of them are blank, then they are different from each other and that's why they are showing up as multiple albums.
Album
Artist
Album Artist
It's OK if Artist is blank if it's one of those that has a guest artist on a track, but then the Album Artist MUST be filled in.
And sometimes, checking compilation = YES then saving, then checking compilation NO then saving, will fix it. Toggling compilation ON & OFF, in other words.

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