Trouble organizing music

Question

ok, i listen to foreign music, and since the music library of those countries aren't so advanced and organized (missing info, mistyped info), i have to edit the info of all the songs manually to keep them organized. After i store my songs to the ipod, it does 2 weird things. First, for some albums, it will actually separate the songs of the album into two separate albums of the same exact name (This happens only on the ipod). I don't know how to fix this. Second, it will place some tracks in random order. For example, for one of the albums, it places track 12 before track 1 and this happens in both itunes and the ipod. I am a super music organizer freak and this is bothering me beyond anything. HELP!

Answer 1

"First, for some albums, it will actually separate the songs of the album into two separate albums of the same exact name"
A spelling or punctuation mistake, or sometimes a trailing space usually causes this after the artists and/or song name, which fools the iPod into thinking that there are two different artists or songs. The trailing space is the hardest to spot.
Best way to cure this is to go into iTunes, highlight that artist and/or songs, right click on them and select "get info".
This brings up the multiple song info window. If you see the "artist" field is left blank, then there is a discrepancy with that name.
So to correct this, in the artist or song box retype the name, as you would like it, and then click ok. You should do this even if no mistakes are immediately visible.
Re sync this new artist/song info to your iPod.
If the above is not the issue, try this also. Highlight all the songs for that artist, right click on them and select "apply sort field/same artist".
That often works.