My iTunes is redownloading an album I purchased

Hi all
I just opened my iTunes (all updated to the latest software) and it started redownloading an album I purchased a little while back. I hadn't deleted the album or anything, or asked it to redownload. It seems to think it never downloaded properly I guess? I'm just wondering what caused this and if anyone else has had this issue. Is there a way to tell it I already downloaded it? I deleted the songs from the download queue, though I guess it will pop back up next time I try to check for available downloads.
iTunes 11.1.3 on Snow Leopard if it matters- The Avett Brothers Magpie and the Dandelion is the album

I have a similar problem.
I just bought 2 albums (Pirates of the Caribean III and Linkin Park - Mintues to midnight) and every time I want to play one of the songs it asks me for my account password. After entering it, it says this computer was activated. But it still doesn't work!!
If I want to sync I get the same message:
"Some of the items in the iTunes library were not copied to the iPod because they cannot be played on this iPod"
I've also bought a iPod-Game (Mahjong) and have the same problem...
I have a 80GB video iPod.
Laptop Windows XP Pro

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