Scrambled Song Order in an album

hey, i keep having a re-occuring problem in which my
itunes, (i guess), it scrambles the song order in
albums occasionally. for instance, rather than
coldplay's rush of blood to head starting with
Politik it begins with the scientist or
something....but then other albums are completely
untouched. any help would be appreciated.
Nate.
Check the ID3 info to see if the track number settings are correct (1 of 10, 2 of 10, etc.) If the info is missing the tracks will often play in alphabetical order. Putting in the correct track info should fix your problem.
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