Song order goes backwards

Hello!
So when I click on an album, the song order starts from where i tap and goes to the track BEFORE. I have the latest iPod touch and the latest iTunes. I just backed up my iPod and then restored my backup before this happened. Now its happening.
OR
I start with a track (one in the middle, like the 4th song), the next song that plays is the track before (in the same album), then it keeps going back to the first track!
This is the strangest thing that has ever happened.... PLEASE HELP
Thank you!

*@ docsholl* Random or alpahbetical??? I ask becuase I find that if you choose an album via *Search > Artist > Album* you get the tracks in alphabetcial order instead of track order.
In general iTunes is slightly more liberal when it comes to spelling than the iPod. In some cases differences in case between one entry and the next can be responsible for the iPod seeing the same tracks in a different order. Disk No. & No. of disks may also affect things. For a given album the following terms should all have exactly the same values. Album Title, Artist (except for Compilations), No. of Tracks, No. of Discs. & Part of a Compilation. The Sort Artist & Sort Album fields take precedence over Artist & Album and if used should either have the same values for all tracks, or match with the existing values for Artist & Album on other tracks. (This aspect can sometimes be used to make "Artist Feat. Guest" group properly with other tracks by "Artist". as iPod firmware to date has failed to use Album Artist for this purpose.)
Normally selecting all the tracks from the album and retyping the Album, Artist & Album Artist info. is enough to fix this issue, although once I had some weird extended character that refused to be replaced in certain tracks. In this case the answer was simply to add some random info into each field, e.g. add XXX onto each value, apply the changes, then remove the excess text & reapply.
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