Sorting multiple disc albums

When it's come to multiple disc albums, I arrange it on iTunes so that it's all one album, and have the disc numbers apparent, but on my iPod there is no where where it tells me where one disc ends and the other begins. What's the best/most compatible way to organize multidisc albums for iTunes and an iPod?

I have submitted a bug to http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html. Please feel free to use the template below if you wish to make your opinion heard:
Dear Sir or Madam,
Updating to iTunes 9 has introduced a bug whereby the software doesn't recognize and separate multi CD albums.
Before the update, two disks would be correctly split 1-9, 1-9 but iTunes 9 instead lists the albums: Track 1, Track 1, Track 2, Track 2, Track 3, Track 3 and so on. This is present in all albums with more than one CD.
Furthermore the white background in grid view is hideous and should be reverted as soon as possible or a setting implemented so that the user can make a choice about the background colour.
Yours faithfully,
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