Multiple albums with a few tracks

I down loaded my cds to iTunes and they were all complete. Later I added art work and the tracks and one album it divided the tracks up and made about 4 albums with about 3 tracks each verses 1 complete album of 12 tracks. How do I consolidate them in iTunes and on my iPhone
Also how do I delete the U2 album that was put in iTunes and get it off my pnone.
Thanks.

Generally setting a common Album title and Album Artist will fix split albums. For compilations of tracks by different artists set the album artist to Various Artists and also set Part of a compilation to Yes on the Options tab if using the old dialog box (hold down shift when you Get Info) or tick Album is a compilation of songs by various artists if using the new one.
For deeper problems see Grouping tracks into albums.
You can manage Songs of Innocence just like any other album, or see https://buy.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/offerOptOut.
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Is it normal for albums with over 50 tracks to split up into different sections?
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The number of tracks shouldn't matter, but there are a number of reasons why tracks in an album don't group together. Have a look at these:
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ITunes 12 is making 1 album become several different albums with the same tracks. How do I combine them again?

I had an issue in past versions of iTunes, where I would rip a CD and, for some reason, iTunes would turn it into several different CDs instead of just one, even though everything about the album was the same (as in same artist, same album name, same year, etc). It seems as though that issue has returned and one album with 6 tracks is now 3 albums (1 album has 1 song, another has 2 and the third has 3). Yet, it's all the same album. I re-entered the data for the album name and artist, but it doesn't work like the previous versions. Anyone have any ideas why this is happening (other then bugs) or how to fix it?

Apple's official advice is here... HT2905 - How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library. It is a manual process and the article fails to explain some of the potential pitfalls.
Use Shift > View > Show Exact Duplicate Items to display duplicates as this is normally a more useful selection. You need to manually select all but one of each group of identical tracks to remove. Sorting the list by Date Added may make it easier to select the appropriate tracks, however this works best when performed immediately after the dupes have been created. If you have multiple entries in iTunes connected to the same file on the hard drive then don't send to the recycle bin. This can happen, for example, if you start iTunes with a disconnected external drive, then connect it, reimport from your media folder, then restart iTunes.
Use my DeDuper script if you're not sure, don't want to do it by hand, or want to preserve ratings, play counts and playlist membership. See this thread for background. Please take note of the warning to backup your library before deduping, whether you do so by hand or using my script, in case something goes wrong.
(If you don't see the menu bar press ALT to show it temporarily or CTRL+B to keep it displayed)
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Issue with multiple Albums with the same name. (i.e. Greatest Hits)

I have multiple albums all with the same name (i.e. Greatest Hits). iTunes mixes all of the albums as one. All of the track 1s together, all track 2s together .... Is there a way for iTunes to recognize that there is more than 1 album with the same name? and to keep each album seperate.
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You need to let iTunes know that they are different albums. The trick I use that work fine is to simply add the artist name of which it is the Greatest Hits in the "Album Artist".
That way, iTunes will keep your album together.

Multiple Albums with same content on iPod

I just downloaded a ton of new music, from a differnt site than iTunes. When I sync the new music to my iPod nano (4 gen.), one artist in particular has some trouble. I go to them and there are 4 or 5 of the same album that say 1 song, 2 songs, 3 songs, etc, but when I selet the album, all of the songs are in there. And this occurs in each album, whether it says it has 1, 2 or 3 songs. Also, all of the songs work and when I select all songs, they don't repeat like the albums do. I tried restoring the iPod but it still isn't working. Is it an iTunes problems or is it my iPod or computer or what?

A spelling or punctuation mistake, or sometimes a trailing space usually causes this after the artists and/or song name, which fools the iPod into thinking that there are two different artists or songs. The trailing space is the hardest to spot.
Best way to cure this is to go into iTunes, highlight that artist and/or songs, right click on them and select "get info".
This brings up the multiple song info window. If you see the "artist" field is left blank, then there is a discrepancy with that name.
So to correct this, in the artist or song box retype the name, as you would like it, and then click ok. You should do this even if no mistakes are immediately visible.
Re sync this new artist/song info to your iPod.

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If there's a way to do this, I haven't been able to figure it out...
If I have a project that contains X number of albums, is there a way to do a single export of the project/albums so that the exported jpgs are automatically put into folders that have the same names as the albums? As opposed to having to go to each album one at a time, create a folder with the same name as the album, and export the images it contains, then repeat for the next album.
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Importing multiple albums with same name

I have two different soundtrack recordings of a movie, which I am trying to import from CDs. But iTunes 10 keeps munging the tracks into a single album and I have not found a way to keep the albums separated. I've loaded one and changed the album name by adding "Original Soundtrack". Then trying to import the other version, iTunes pops up a message about duplicate tracks and overwrites into the previous directory even when I check "Don't Replace".
I've seen a lot of questions about how to delete duplicate albums, but I can't find a way to get near-duplicates into the library. Any suggestions?

iTunes uses a maximum of 40 characters for file and folder names. if the original album title is long enough they may still clash at the folder level before you add any extra text.
When the CD is sitting in your drive & before you start ripping, you can use Get Info. to edit indivdual tracks or properties for the whole album, e.g. set the Album title, complete the Album Artist field, or select Part of a compilation.
If iTunes is recognising both albums (which you say are distinct recordings) as being the same thing then perphaps your edits get stored in the local database and applied to the second album when it is inserted into the drive. You should however be able to select any particular set of tracks and give them the albun title you feel is appropriate without anything else being modified.
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Downloaded ALBUM and a few tracks will not complete play. it stops.

yup title says it all, i can't seem to play a few songs fully, it just stops. also i can't scroll past where the song stops. i deleted 1 song hoping i could redownload it. but nope i can't anymore.

thanks. i tried your instructions which i basically had done before without success. trying to watch carefully what was happening after i had deleted the entire cd from itunes and then synched, i noticed the tracks were NOT deleted from ipod! i then deleted them manually, tried to sync again and nothing happened (the just added tracks were not copied to ipod) so checked ipod's music tab in itunes. there the synch music box was not checked for some reason which i do not understand as i had previously been able to sync music successfully and the synching ipod bar at the top of itunes always processes. anyway, also marked the entire music library button, pressed sync and all music in ipod was updated and now the problem tracks are ok. all seems to be right at this point. thanks again.

How can I get a Album with multiple artists to appear as a single album with all of the tracks?

How can I get a Album that contains multiple artists to appear as a single album with multiple tracks? Also when I sync iTunes with my iPhone or iPad the Album appears as multiple albums with each artist. The Album title is the same on each of the affected tracks.

Quick answer: Select all the tracks on the album, File > get info, and either give them all a single "album artist" or check the "compilation" flag.
If these are from multiple-CD sets you may also need to enter the appropriate information in the disc number fields.

When importing a cd it splits the album into separate individual tracks instead of 1 album with numerouse tracks - how do I get them all together

When I import a CD from the Apple Mac drive it splits the cd into numerous single tracks in itunes instead of 1 album with all the tracks. How can I get it to import to the one place. I did try importing the same cd on a friends apple mac to see if it did the same thing and it imported the cd as 1 album with all tracks in there so I can't understand why it's separating them all.

This happens mostly when you import a compilation or a CD that is not noted in the Gracenote Database.
How to change back in one Album:
Mark all titles of that album (shift or cmd click)
Right click and choose "Get info"
Fill in the wanted name in "Album" and "Album Artist*"
Drag&Drop the wanted Album Art to the little window down right in that pane.
iTunes group and sort albums by that two entry's in the info pane. If the CD is not listed in the database but the titels, iTunes split the album to fit the titles to eventually matching albums of the artists.
Cheers - Lupunus
* If you import a compilation, choose "various artits" for the Album Artist field.
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In iTunes 11.0.2.26, an Albums search by track names returns albums as if they only have one track on them, but I still want to access the entire album. How can I have the search results show the entire album (with just the searched for name highlighted)?

Hello, all.
In iTunes 11.0.2.26, an Albums search by track names returns albums as if they only have one track on them, but I still want to access the entire album. How can I have the search results show the entire album (with just the searched for name highlighted)? For instance, I'm wanting to play an album with a particular track on it or I'm searching for albums that include that track. iTunes incorrectly assumes that all I'm after is that one track and then incorrectly displays the album as if there is only one ttrack on it. This is a bonkers default setting. Can I change this?

Click the search magnifying glass and uncheck "Search entire library".
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ITunes 11... I have multiple artists with the same album name... how do i have them show up as separate albums?

I have itunes 11 with iTunes Match on 2 Macs and 2 ios devices... I know it all has bugs... but I have been ok.
I am wondering how to show my library in the column browser view when I have multiple albums with the same names? I have noticed on my ipod in my car that an album titled "Christmas" plays and includes 2 different albums titled christmas... and in itunes it lists them both when not in the artwork view... (I primarily use the column browser to navigate my library.
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Various workarounds I can think of which basically involve playing around with tags. See which meets your needs or come up with others:
Give the albums slightly different names. For example, "Greatest Hits" [ABBA]"
Do the same but do it in the sort album field.
Add a bogus disc number to different albums. It may string them together still but at least they will be slightly grouped.

Multiple albums on ipod even though itunes only has 1

Hi,
Please help, I've been downloading my CD collection using iTunes and when I sync it to my ipod (7th Gen) there are multiple albums with the same name and songs(14 on some occasions) even though when I check in iTunes there is only one. This problem is not just related to one album but 5, the one thing they do have in common is similar album names i.e. Circus and The Circus, Greatest Hits and The Greatest Hits.
Coincidentally, Circus has 14 tracks and duplicated 14 times ??????
I've searched online and tried to find a solution but unfortunately not found anything which helps.
I'm tempted to reset the Ipod and start syncing all the songs but there is over 6000 and hoping there maybe a simpler solution.
Regards
Andy

iTunes and iPod have slightly different rules for ordering and grouping content. In particular the iPod does not observe Album Artist, each may have different settings for how to treat compilations, and inconsistencies in certain fields can have unexpected results, such as generating multiple covers for the same album.
See Grouping tracks into albums for more information.
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Adding 1 Song to Multiple Albums

Is there any way to add a single song to multipule albums in iTunes without duplicating the file?
Example: Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville was released on "Changes in Latitides, Changes in Attitudes" album. It was then re-released on "Songs You Know By Heart" as well as "Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads".
Is there a way to assign a single file so that it shows up on multiple albums with the corisponding artwork, track number, etc. without duplicating the file over and over? I have run into this situation several times with several different artists and it would be helpfull when you search for an album, to have all of the tracks on that album show up.
I am running OS X Lion 10.7 with iTunes 10.4.
Any advice would be appriciated. Thanks.

Send 'em feedback: <http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html>.

Listing tracks from an album with multiple artists as part of one single album

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