Songs from the same album downloaded at separate times are shown as being in a completely different album?

I'm not sure why this is happening because I did not download these songs from anywhere but iTunes and I checked the album title to make sure they match so they should link together. This has happened to several ablums now and it's gotten really annoying.

Steve MacGuire a.k.a. turingtest2 - iTunes & iPod Hints & Tips - Grouping Tracks Into Albums - http://www.samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/grouping.asp (older post on Apple Discussions http://discussions.apple.com/message/9910895)
Also check all have identical:
artist (unless they are supposed to be different)
disc number
album artist
disc count
compilation flag
artist
Try getting info on all tracks involved and re-type the album and artist names with an extra letter, close, then change them all back to the correct one

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Actually there is something else, more for the purists though.
Some albums will have "featured" artists and they will be stuck into another part of the tag, but by doing that iTunes thinks it's another artist and treats it as a different album. A good fix that I use is to remove the featured artist and ammend it to the track name. So: "When You're Gone (feat. Mel C)" Is the actual track name instead of "When you're Gone" and the artist being "Mel C" and the album artist being "Bryan Adams". Make sense?
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Clear the cache memory of Storage Media service
https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/WALKMAN/Multiple-Song-and-playlist-appear/m-p/732329?sl=y&sso_no_log=...
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Use Winamp and create an *.m3u playlist in the same directory you have the mp3 files stored in your phone. This playlist will then appear in Playlists - My Playlists and you will be able to enjoy your music in correct order of tracks and all the tracks will be there.
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ObiRich wrote:
Thanks! I'd looked through the troubleshooting and didn't find any info.
Then perhaps this post on Grouping Tracks Into Albums will help.
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Generally all you need to do is fill in an appropriate Album Artist. For more details see my article on Grouping Tracks Into Albums, in particular the topic One album, too many covers.
N.B. Giving different things the same sort value (or indeed vice versa) tends to lead to trouble.
tt2

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Stick with using the correct Album Artist for the album.
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See Grouping tracks into albums for more.
tt2

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tt2

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http://www.technipages.com/itunes-album-songs-split-up-in-grid-view.html
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Songs from the same album downloaded at separate times are shown as being in a completely different album?

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