When Ripping CD, iTunes Displays Wrong Artist & Wrong Album

Thanks for looking at my post! When I try to rip a CD, iTunes thinks it's a different CD. Even when I change all of the song tracks, artist, and album name . . . I can't change the time. Of course the two CD's have different song lenths, so the songs are split across the wrong CD.
Is there any way to fix this?

Is it a 2 disc album?

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