My ipod shuffle control works better with album art installed

For years I've been somewhat laxed about installing any form of album artwork when it was not readily available. I recently installed some sort of artwork for every album, playlist or song on my iPod. If I could not find the album, I just pasted an acceptable image. I noticed an unbelievable difference in the shuffle song selections immediatly. There are songs and even one of my bird call sound clips that are included in the shuffle selections that would never play in years past. The results were the same on both of our 80g and160g iPods. Use to be I'd get a little frustrated at some of the songs thinking that I'd heard that song sequence somewhere in the past. Each IPod holds over 8000 songs so it was hard to really tell. Now, the shuffle selections are the way I'd always wanted but could never seem to achieve. I never considered linking the artwork with the shuffle song selection capabilities but it made a huge difference. Both my wife and I noticed it immediately. Not sure if anyone has had a similar experience?
WW

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You don't need to put the album art under Photos on the iPod. They just need to be in iTunes with the correct song.
Do the song files have artwork in iTunes?
iTunes: How to Add Artwork to Songs
If so, see this...
btabz: My songs have artwork in iTunes, but it won't transfer to my iPod!
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