Two copys of one album????

Hi,just wondering if some one can tell me why i get two copys of one album on my ipod nano 3rd gen even though there is only one in itunes?Both the albums have the same songs in them and have checed there id tags and all is ok.
Any ideas would be appreciated..
Thanks Darren.

Do you manually manage your Nano, or auto-sync?
If you are in manual, it is possible to get copies of the same songs if you update tags in your library (e.g. add artwork) and then re-add the updated songs to your Nano again (e.g. drag over a new playlist which contains these songs). When you make tag changes, even very minor ones, your iPod will see the updated copies from your library as different versions and will not replace the existing ones on the iPod, even though they are identical songs in all other respects.

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