Restored music library from Time Machine backup, but library didn't change within iTunes. Help?

I don't know much, so please be kind. My iTunes went crazy and relabeled more than 3,000 songs as part of one album by one artist. I tried to fix this by restoring to an earlier-in-the-week version of the music library, but when I opened iTunes afterward, the same error was there. It seems like there must be a way to fix this, and I'm just missing it. Can anyone lend a hand, please?

Additionally, I should point out that the music that exists in iTunes (the actual application) does not agree with the files in the music folder found within the iTunes Media main folder. I don't understand where the wrongly-labeled files are being pulled from when I open iTunes if not from the iTunes Media folder.

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