Music Library keeps reseting to ALL-ALL-ALL

I used to be able to pick an artist in my Library so that I could see what albums I have, then click back and forth between "Music" and "iTunes Store" to compare them.
I just installed update 7.3.1 (3) and now when I click back on Music the view reverts to Genre=ALL, Artist=ALL, Album=ALL.
This makes it difficult to see which albums I'm missing from an artist.

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Music Library also resets to ALL-ALL-ALL when I click a playlist then back to Music. Makes it difficult to review past mix CDs when I'm trying to make a new one w/out including the same songs on it.
Also just tried this on my XP system in the office, it has the same problem.

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