MP3s not visible in Artist/Album

I added an album from run-d.m.c. to my phone via the file manager.
Did a refresh and it said added 19 new songs. I can see/play them in my genre list and in my content search and in file manager.
However When I go to the usual Artist/Album view it does not show. These songs have full proper V1 and V2 id tags with covers just like all my other music.
umm... confused?
ps. what is the private folder people are deleting now a days to fix these problems?
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Are you sure the details are all correct on tracks' there should be a section in Artists something like 'Unknown' or Various. Just check the original folder properties on your computer and see if the Album tile and artist are correct. May be an idea to run it through Windows Media Player and 'find album info' just to check it's correct !
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