Why does iPhone rate whole album when it syncs to iTunes rather than just single song sometimes?

I wasn't sure if this should be an iTunes or iPhone discussion, so here goes!
I am very particular about rating my music.  Every day at work, as songs play on my iPhone, I give them a star rating.  This star rating then transfers to iTunes when I sync my phone.  Most times, these ratings go through just fine.  Sometimes, however, rather than just rating a single song with three stars on an album...  It'll give the whole album in iTunes three stars.  (Three stars is just an example.)
What I mean is that if viewing an album list, the album rating will be hard coded per se on the left and give all the songs three stars even if I never listened to / rated them.  I can then click to remove the rating on the album on the left, and the unrated / unplayed songs will lose that hard coded rating and return to no rating.
What am I doing wrong?  Lol.  It drives me crazy!  Once a month I view all my albums as a list so I can remove the hard coded ratings.  There are usually six or seven albums that'll have it.  I do nothing different on the iPhone that I am aware of.
Has anyone else experienced this situation or have a solution?  I'm on an iPhone 4S, latest software.  This also occurred with my iPhone 3GS
Chris

Still an issue, Apple.  iPad with 5.1.1 and I have the same issue.  There doesn't appear to be a way to rate a single song.

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