Lost an Album Purchased on iTunes

Here's the problem:
I downloaded an album on my iPhone and synced with my MacBook with no problems, the album went into my library. Then my hard drive broke before I could back it up and I'm now working from a temporary external drive (which has all my other backups on) but the album is only on my iPhone now and I can't sync that to the new hard drive without wiping it first.
Is there any way I can download the album again without paying £8 quid for it? I know Apple don't tend to let you download more than once but I also have a mate who left his laptop on a train (the joker) and they let him re-download his entire library (about 1600 bought songs) but I think they said it was "exceptional circumstances" but got knows what they were.
So anybody know how I can go about getting them back?
Oh also, I won't be able to get it back from my iPhone probably even if there is a way as its currently in for repair (not having much luck with technology at the minute) and I'm not holding out much hope of getting it back with anything on it....
Cheers.
AD.

If you didn't make a back-up of your purchases to restore from then I'm sorry to say that the policy on lost purchases is that you have to pay to download them again:
"Once a Product is purchased and you receive the Product, it is your responsibility not to lose, destroy, or damage the Product, and Apple shall be without liability to you in the event of any loss, destruction, or damage." iTunes Store: Purchased content can be downloaded only once
You could try contacting the iTunes Music Store Customer Service and you might be able to persuade them to sanction a second free download. If you click on any of the links on this page you'll find a space at the bottom to email your query: iTMS Customer Service
You might also want to check out this page for future reference: How to back up your media in iTunes
If you get your iPhone back from repair and it still has your purchases on it the transfer of purchased content from the iPod/iPhone to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. You'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod or iPhone to a computer

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