Music on iTunes, but not on iPod; Help Please!

Here is my situation.
I recently purchased an iTunes gift card and purchased and downloaded an album this weekend without a problem. The problem arose when I transfered the album onto my iPod.
I can listen to the album on my computer through iTunes with no problem. I can listen to it on my iPod through my computer no problem. When I try to listen to the album on my iPod by itself, it does not play the album.
The album information is shown on the iPod window but my iPod scrolls through each songtrack after 1 second (without playing any of them). I have never had this problem after downloading any free content via iTunes (e.g., podcasts).
I have already deauthorized/reauthorized my computer; as well as the 5Rs, and neither option resoved the problem.
Does anyone have any experience/advice in dealing with this issue?
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