One album broken into 3 parts- HeLLLPPPPP.

This is a tricky one to explain and I have had this problem and don't know what to do.
In this example I am going to use the Billy Joel Greatest Hits volume 3. When I initially imported this into my computer I played the disc into my itunes. This disc has a total of 17 songs. If I view my album in the middle group list, I see three billy joel greatest hits albums. The first one contains songs 1-3 The second one has song 4 and is missing the cover art, and the third one has songs 5-17.
This has also happened when I have purchased albums directly on itunes.
Am I making sense?
Any idea on how to correct this problem?
If my itunes file is corrupt is there a way to complete rebuild it so that this album is under one complete album and all art is there?

That's one part of what you need to do. The other part is that you need to tell iTunes that the album is a compilation. In the "Multiple Item Information" popup you get when you select Get Info on multiple items, the first control on the bottom is "Compilation". You want that to be "Yes" for your compilations.
That makes iTunes put the album in the Compilations folder (if you let iTunes organize your library), and treat it as an album by the special "Various Artists"
As someone else said, the "Group compilations when browsing" only affects the three-column browser. I personally don't like that. When I look at the Artist column, I want to be able to see all the artists, and to click on "Holly Cole" and get all the Holly Cole tracks, including the ones on Compilation albums. So I leave "Group compilations when browsing" unchecked. On the other hand, I don't want to see "Stockings by the Fire" 16 separate times in the "grouped with artwork" or coverflow views of the main music list. To get all the songs in a compilation grouped together in that view, click on the "Album" column heading until it reads "Album by Artist." In that mode, all compilation albums appear at the bottom of the list.

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That's one part of what you need to do. The other part is that you need to tell iTunes that the album is a compilation. In the "Multiple Item Information" popup you get when you select Get Info on multiple items, the first control on the bottom is "Compilation". You want that to be "Yes" for your compilations.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1468
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Hey iTuners
I have been meaning to ask this question for a while. I have some old CDs that I have tried to import and a track or two has failed importing due most likely to some damage that has happened to the original CD. I have bought the "broken" track or two from the iTunes Store to complete my album. The problem is that iTunes shows two Albums for the same artist with the exact same album name - one album has the purchased music in it and the other one has the imported music.
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Welcome to AD!
1.) +When i import a CD when offline into my itunes library it does not recognise a whole album as one entity+
Select all the tracks before you import it, go to the OPTIONS tab and uncheck "part of a compilation". Then put Album Artist = whoever the artist is
The Artist field can still say "Pink feat. Somebody"
This excellent page by a regular forum poster has an in-depth explanation
http://samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/grouping.asp
2) I don't understand your question
3) +Sharing - i have just bought a laptop to share it with my partner.+
Use Method 1 from this article to keep your ratings & play counts separate
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1495
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One album broken into 3 parts- HeLLLPPPPP.

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