From Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, Harmonix CEO and co-founder Alex Rigopulos today confirmed that The Beatles: Rock Band will not only see the full Abbey Road album become available via DLC on October 10, 2009, but following it will be the full albums Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in November and Rubber Soul in December. Beatles fans, rejoice!
Hey wait, that's not Abbey Road!
To sweeten the announcement, Rigopulos said that tracks from Queen, Nirvana, Tom Petty, Elton John, Iggy Pop, The White Stripes, Pantera, Talking Heads, Korn, The Raconteurs and other artists will be available in a suite of options for Rock Band owners.
Listed below are the details for the three DLC Beatles albums.
Abbey Road (1969); Release Date: October 20, 2009; Cost: $16.98 (or 1360 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for album; $1.99 (or 160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for individual tracks;
- “Come Together”
- “Something”
- “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer”
- “Oh! Darling”
- “Octopus’s Garden”
- “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”
- “Here Comes The Sun”
- “Because”
- “You Never Give Me Your Money”
- “Sun King”
- “Mean Mr. Mustard”
- “Polythene Pam”
- “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window”
- “Golden Slumbers”
- “Carry That Weight”
- “The End”
- “Her Majesty”
Buyers of the full Abbey Road album will have the option to play the famous 16-minute B-side medley as a single continuous track, including “You Never Give Me Your Money,” “Sun King,” “Mean Mr. Mustard,” “Polythene Pam,” “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window,” “Golden Slumbers,” “Carry That Weight” and “The End.”
Party on, Paul!
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967); Release Date: November 2009
- “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”
- “With A Little Help From My Friends”
- “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”
- “Getting Better”
- “Fixing A Hole”
- “She’s Leaving Home”
- “Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite”
- “Within You Without You
- “When I’m Sixty Four”
- “Lovely Rita”
- “Good Morning Good Morning”
- “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)”
- “A Day In The Life”
One more drum solo, Ringo!
Rubber Soul (1965); Release Date: December 2009
- “Drive My Car”
- “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)”
- “You Won’t See Me”
- “Nowhere Man”
- “Think For Yourself”
- “The Word”
- “Michelle”
- “What Goes On”
- “Girl”
- “I’m Looking Through You”
- “In My Life”
- “Wait”
- “If I Needed Someone”
- “Run For Your Life”
