Why are itunes automatic downloads misplaced?

I'm using iTunes v11.0.0.163 on a Windows 8 desktop system. Often, I buy music on my Mac at work expecting it to download automatically to that system when I come home and start iTunes. Download occurs, but often, the music ends up stored alphabetically by song name in the directory . . . iTunes/iTunes Music/downloads. What happened to downloading albums and having them stored and displayed as albums indexed by artist name? This stuff is not indexed in my iTunes library and is lost for all practical purposes.
Humbug iTunes 11!
A little help, please?
Thanks,
Joe

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Processor: 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB
Software: OS X 10.9.3 (13D65)
iTunes 11-2-2 (3)
64-bit
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