iTunes gets album information through CDDB (hosted by Gracenote.com) which finds the artist / track names etc. by associating the number of tracks against the length of each track in their CD database.
This is why if you have made a mix CD and import it into iTunes, you don’t get the track details; obviously, a custom-made mix won’t be in the CD database of commercially sold albums.
I’ll sleep better knowing I answered this.
I was hoping it involved some kind of voodoo.
My dreams are shattered.
Me too. I’m really disappointed in Apple – you’d think there’d be more innovation here, or at least a unicorn.