How do I add a whole album to my ipod?

All I want to do is move newly downloaded albums from my library to my ipod but it only seems to work if I do it one song at a time! I click on the album, then on 'add to', then on my ipod (I used to be able to add music drectly to my ipod buyt it now seems to be forcing me to choose a playlist), fine I click a playlist and then nothing. No loading or transfer icon nothing. It just removes the menu. I check back to my ipod and the album isn't there.

If I do the exct same process with an individual song from the album, it works. Surely I don't have to do this for every song?

I've just upgraded to itunes 11. I can't believe how bad it is. I can't seem to do anything I used to be able to do. I'm so angry that they have taken away or obscured my most used functionality from the old itunes.

Please can anyone help? Am I missing something?