Sorting Music

I have 4665 songs on my iPod and am trying to organise them a bit better for ease of listening to what I want when I want, especially in the car. To facilitate this I've been creating Smart Playlists in iTunes to group songs into the categories I want. For instance, I have created a Smart Playlist called Christian Music. Now, within iTunes it is easy for me to sort the songs in this playlist by album, artist, etc. However, on my iPod, when I select Music -> Playlists -> Christian Music, I get a list of all the songs in the playlist, but what I would prefer is to get a list which may be sorted by album? Or by artist? Is there a way for me to do this, or am I wasting my time creating all these playlists?!?!
Not sure whether this is an iPod or an iTunes questions, so I've posted this to both discussions. I hope someone can help me...
Joe.

Hey, thanks for your reply. Tried your suggestion, but it didn't have the desired effect. What I would like to achieve is something like the following:
Music -> Playlists -> Christian Music -> Artist -> "list of albums" -> "list of songs" etc.
For instance, I can navigate the following options on my iPod:
Music -> Artists -> Michael Jackson -> All
..............................................................Bad
..............................................................Dangerous
..............................................................History (Disc 1)
..............................................................History (Disc 2)
..............................................................Invincible
..............................................................Off The Wall
..............................................................Thriller -> "list of songs" -> Beat It
But, to select the same song (i.e. Beat It) through a Playlist seems a lot more difficult, as per the following example:
Music -> Playlists -> 80's Music -> "list of songs"
And, in my case, that involves scrolling down 682 songs to get to the one I want. So, is there a way for me to set or determine how far down I can break down the menu navigation within a playlist so that I could achieve something like:
Music -> Playlists -> 80's Music -> "list of artists" -> "list of albums" -> etc
Any suggestions as to whether this is possible, and how, would be greatly appreciated?
Thanks,
Joe.

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