Multiple Displays of one album

Hi there,
I am using iTunes 7.7.1 on the Mac and have a 3rd gen iPod nano. I have an issue with one particular album on my iTunes music library. I had to manually cut and paste the cover art of the album into iTunes and, although it displays fine on the mac, when I transfer it to my iPod it shows up on the coverflow as three separate albums.
I am scratching my head, I am sure the details within the track info for each track on the album is consistent and I ensure I cut and pasted the same cover art for all the tracks but the problem still persists.
Any ideas?

Hey,
I am answering my own question here but upon digging in the info menu for each track some of the tracks were different in the sorting tab. The sort album listing was slightly different for a few of the tracks (omitting the word 'The') and this accounted for the album displaying as one record on iTunes but appearing as three separate entries on the iPod Nano coverflow.
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