Some albums getting listed as Various Artist in Cover flow only

eg
Velvet Revolver - Contraband
Husker Du -Land Speed Record
The Killers - Sawdust
The above albums appear in the Correct place under the artists name in Portrait mode on the ipod but, when viewed in cover flow - the appear as being "various artists"
I have 32gb 3.5gs
Anyone know how to fix this?
I have re-type the artists name, then re-sync - still appears in the same place

I had the same problem after I updated to the most recent 3.0 firmware on my iPhone 3G.
I managed to fix the same problem you describe by:
1) Making sure the "Part of a Compilation" field is set to "No". For multiple files, you select them, "Get Info" and on the "Options" tab, you will see this setting. For one file, it will be on the "Info" page.
2) Making sure "Album Artist" is either blank or set correctly.
Number 2 only came up on 1 or 2 albums that were not displaying properly on CoverFlow (i.e., showing up under "Various Artists"). Number 1 is what fixed the rest of my albums (around 10 full albums or so).
Hope this helps other people. To save time, I would suggest using the Shift button to select the entire album and do what I recommend under #1.
Cheers.

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