may have answered my own q...
the "name" didnt have the track number, but the track number does!
am going to check if the ipod displays track number when it's playing....
the aim of this is so i dont have to re check if i'm on shuffle or not, because shuffle in mix album=bad, but shuffle playing individual songs=good
if i can see at a glance the tracks are in the right order when im playing, then i'm good 
ps. i got my ipod 2 weeks ago 