Organizing Songs by Album

Hi Everyone,
I've only been using iTunes for a few weeks, but so far I really like it.
But I am having one small problem...
I downloaded a couple of albums, and was very happy to see that iTunes groups them according to album in the Library. I would see the name of the album, with a little turn-triangle next to it that would then expand the album. With all the turn-triangles closed I would just see a list of albums.
But then one day I opened iTunes, and instead of these nice neat groups, suddenly all the albums were spread out in one big long list.
I already went into Preferences/Advanced and checked off "Keep iTunes Music folder organized." But it doesn't seem to change anything -- the songs from various albums still appear as one long, disorganized list, along with various singles and podcasts.
Can someone please tell me how to make iTunes keep albums organized again?
Thanks!

Generally setting a common Album title and Album Artist will fix things.
For deeper problems see Grouping tracks into albums.
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