Deleted iTunes store files?

Hi,
I own an iPod touch gen 5 (iOS 7.0.3) and am running iTunes on my laptop (not a mac) 11.1.1.11.
I had previously bought a music album from iTunes and listed to it on a regular basis and today, somehow all the files from that album bar 1 have been completely deleted from my harddrive, iPod and therefore iTunes library too. The weird thing is that it still says that I have purchased the album through iTunes store but it won't let me download it again.
Is there any way I can access these files again or is it a lost cause?
Thanks

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