Music Itunes Mac

I'm organizing my songs for itunes mac, and I have two albums with the same name but with different songs, how do I put everything in one albu

Repeat this for each song in both albums:
Control click on the song.  Choose "Get Info".  Go to the "Info" tab.  Check "Part of a compilation" in the lower right.
Repeat.

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