Organizing Music in "All Songs" View

Hey I'm wondering if there's a way to organize my music on my iPod when I'm in the "All Songs" view, under a specific artist. For instance, say I wanted to play a band's entire catalog, each album front to back, without having to switch to another album after each finished. As it is, when I go to all of the songs by a band, they're arranged by name. I also feel I should mention I'm using an iPod Touch 4th gen.
I hope I'm being clear in my inquiry.

you cant because when you click artist and all songs it is all the albums moxed together in alphabetical order and you cant change that the only way is to pick an album in the artist and then when done go back and pick another one

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