I realize that iTunes thinks in terms of tracks, not albums. What I do is that as soon as I import an album, I select all the songs and set the Album Artist to what I want. I may also have to change the Sort Artist.
Itunes is f'ing retarded, excuse my language, except for giving artists exposer but the fact that they wont let you convert the files itno whatever you want and wont let you alter the files that should belong to you, except they stuck in mp3 or mp4 a horrible formit and you have to illegally convert them to different forms, hence my hatred for itunes.
I hate iTunes a lot. It gets annoying with each version and a tad bit confusing with some of the features there. I only have one of those small iPod player and once the battery runs out I'm thinking of switching to Sony or some other product.