Sort Albums - within albums - by title

Hi there.
When I import a compilation into iTunes, one album with different artists, I get an image for every track instead of just one image for the album. It's irritating as I like to keep my library tidy and have just one album image per album.
When in grid view, I right click on "album" and have the option of sorting albums, but the "within album" section is greyed out with the default "by artist" ticked. How do I access this menu in order to tick "by title"?
Or is there another way of compiling all the different artists and tracks under one single album?

Fantastic! Thanks for that, and just to help you out,VWJettaIpod, here is the thing to do:
select all your tracks that should come under one album only, get info, in the "multiple information" box, choose "options", tick "part of a compilation" and choose "yes", that's it!
Thanks again tt2.

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Sorting by Album Artist: http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/4199/picture2uo9.jpg
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