ITunes to iPhone... Playlists only? Am I missing something?

I haven't had my iPhone for -too- long yet but am just getting into putting music on it... it seems the only way to get music to the iPhone is to sync with a Playlist.... ?!? Is this right?
I would think I could drag an album, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
Am I missing something here?
Thanks,
Andrew

Yep you are missing something. I think DJ miss-understood your question; you do not have to have playlists to sync with an iPhone. You need to look at your sync settings, i.e. let iTunes manage your music. You'll also need to make sure that the songs you want synced have the little check mark beside them.
You also need to look under the song tab when the iPhone is plugged in and be sure all the sync settings are correct.

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