Organizing Cover Flow

I was wondering if it is possible to organize the order in which Cover Flow is organized. if it is possible, then any links or explanations would be great!
The main reason i want to organize cover flow is because for some of the CD's that i imported that are multiple discs are categorized as different albums (ex. "Example Album (Disc 1)", "Example Album (Disc 2)"). for some reason, on my ipod, discs one and two for the multi-disc albums are in different places in cover flow (they're not right next to each other, like they should be).

I don't know what that 2nd poster is saying but it CAN BE CHANGED AND FIXED.
Coverflow does organize by artist. Assuming you have an album of the same artist, there is an artist field within certain songs that is different. To correct it, highlight all songs within a certain album - right click - get info - artist - retype the artist in. I recommend retyping the artist name for album artist as well. Click save and this will make all songs uniform, hence put all songs within one album for coverflow.
If a soundtrack with multiple artists, go into each song, right click, get info, go into info, then check off "compilation" at the bottom.
By doing the above your iPod will show only 1 album instead of multiples.

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