MP3 tags problem? Album list on Touch

When I select Music>Albums, the listing contains the songs on the album, instead of just the album name. Not all albums do this.
I used MP3 Tag to edit these tags. But some other albums I tagged the same way work ok?
Help?

It's not clear what the symptom is, you select the Album menu and you see a list of songs, but not all albums do this? That makes it sound like you see a list of songs mixed in with album names? Maybe you can clarify this ...
In any case, make sure that the albums that you're having problem with have album names -- don't leave Album blank, use "N/A - (artist name)" or something like that.

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