Error downloading music

Hi there
I tried to download a complete album 20 minutes directly on my iphone and faced the following problem
First track downloaded correctly and then 2nd track started downloading. When 2nd track reached the "finishing point" I got an error message on my devie saying something like "Error downloading music, you can download your track at your computer via Itunes". Same error applied to all tracks thereafter. I found a trik to bypass this error. I switched from itunes to ipod menu (purchased library) and then back to itunes again and then track could be "finished". This had to be done evry single time for every single track on the album!!!
After some time I managed to download the entire album but
1. this is not the designated method for downloading albums and
2. two of the tracks downloaded but without sound!!! (I reported a problem to apple abut this)
Do you people think that my iphone has some kind of problem or could it be a problem of itunes store? Do you think a phone reset can sort the problem?

you don't have any problem on iphone. I have the same situation today when I tried to download album which is contained 12 songs. I got download error. I tapped to redownload them. it still got error. massage popped up, said 'item will be available when you log on your computer.' so I think that it is just internal error on itunes music store. I will be fine when I will redonwload them on my mac. by the way, it is the first time happened to me.

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