iTunes 9 not sorting albums by track order consistently

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Published on 2009-09-28T20:21:45Z Indexed on 2010/04/17 6:53 UTC
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I have my iTunes library set to sort by music by Artist, then album (). For most of my albums this will also sort the albums in the correct track listing order (using the track number tag).

Except for one album:

As you can see, "The Boy Who Knew Too Much" seems to sort erratically. Why is this happening and how can I fix it?

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