New iTunes album won't play on iPod

I just bought a new album from iTunes (The Decemberists "Long Live the King" EP), and it won't play on my iPod. It shows up there, and it plays in iTunes on my computer, but my iPod won't play any of the songs. Help?

Fixed. Deauthorized and reauthorized my computer, plus fiddled with where the files were stored. Something worked. Whew.

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Thx Gary, tried your suggestion - now have 1 file, alas still with a 1 second break a few seconds into each new track.
Hello krikit,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Unfortunately, the songs you download from ITMS will
always have gaps, because they are also sold
individually. Playing in iTunes, you probably don't
notice the gaps, but it is more noticeable so in the
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