The Beatles: Rock Band album DLC priced, dated, detailed

by JC Fletcher on Aug 19th 2009 4:19PM

Harmonix has revealed approximate release dates, pricing, and track listings for the first three downloadable albums to hit The Beatles: Rock Band's Music Store. Abbey Road will arrive first on October 20 at a price of $16.98 (1360

), with individual tracks for $1.99 (160

). Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band will follow in November, and Rubber Soul will arrive in December. Full track listings are after the break, in case you aren't intimately familiar with Beatles albums.

If you purchase the full Abbey Road album, you'll have the option to play the B-side medley (from "You Never Give Me Your Money" through "The End") as one continuous track. Along with this news, Harmonix confirmed that the "All You Need is Love" DLC track (160

) will be available as a timed-exclusive for Xbox 360 on the game's September 9 launch date.
Abbey Road:

"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"

Sgt. Pepper's:

"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"

Rubber Soul:

"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"

Tags: abbey-road, dlc, ea, Electronic-Arts, gamescom-2009, harmonix, Microsoft, Nintendo, rock-band, rock-band-dlc, rubber-soul, sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts-club-band, the-beatles-rock-band, Wii, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (88)

Not bad. Better than what I think most people anticipated.

Becaaauuuse the sky is blue,

I'm buying this gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaameeeeeeee.

Not bad at all...17 songs for $17? I'll buy it.

Well, 6 of those songs are already on the main disc, and several others (e.g. Because, Her Majesty...) are not really well suited to the game.

I'll probably pick up selected singles (You Never Give Me Your Money, She Came In Through The Bathroom Window) and save my spending splurges for later DLC releases.

Keep in mind some of these songs are already included in the game...

Aw yes...I just noticed that :( Oh well, I'll probably just be buying some singles now. Change up the list and show which ones are already included in the game Joystiq!

17 - 6 = 11 songs for $17 is like $1.55 per song right? So if you do wanna have the complete album it still is cheaper to buy the whole thing than just the 11 songs separately, I guess.

If you complain about the price of Rock Band Beatles songs I have this to say...

Guitar Hero 3 was charging 2.50 for songs without Drum or Vocal Capability and you were rarely able to play Bass...

So be grateful Harmonix lowered costs for us and provided more content. It's 50 cents an instrument.

I would buy so much more DLC if songs were only a buck. Sigh...

If I buy these songs will they be playable in Rock Band 2?

Nope.

Why'd I get downvoted? It was just a question, I read the whole article it said nothing about this, and I haven't kept up on Beatles Rock Band news....

I see where you're coming from but think about it:

If you've seen any of the beatles rock band videos the animations and everything are totally different. same engine, just all 60's and trippy

and also, some iron maiden looking guy playing the beatles in the underground? that's just weird.

I understand if you can't afford the game, but if you preorder it at gamestop you get the first DLC stuff for free!

It's getting hard to read this post with all the downvotes going on :)

I give up.

Actually, I think the main issue (in addition to what are surely Beatlesy contractual issues) is the whole, "programmed to let three people sing" vs. "not programmed to have three people sing" thing.

Why dont they just put them in the game....
=/

Because Harmonix hates you and kittens.

I dont even buy there silly money whoring games I was just wondering why lol

It probably cost them a fortune to license all those Beatles songs, so if they put all those songs on the disc they'd have to raise the price past what many would be willing to pay.

I only wish a game that I was interested in, like GH Metallica, had this kind of DLC support. But alas, Activision HAD to make that one :(

Yeah, you and the 3 other people who bought that game must be super pissed.

It did a lot better than you think. Metallica's way more popular today worldwide than the Beatles are.

I really doubt that. The Beatles are one of the top selling artists of all time.

Yeah and so is Metallica. Lot of people dont' realize that because they're heavy metal and most wouldn't even think that a heavy metal band is near the top of any music list.

In no world is Metallica more popular than the Beatles. Not only are there legions of older fans, but also younger fans like myself who are devout Beatles fans. That would explain why Paul McCartney is able to consistently fill stadiums on his own, even without the rest of the Beatles. There is probably no bigger band than the Beatles, and I don't think that is going to change for a long, long time, if ever.

Metallica has sold an estimated 100 million albums. The Beatles have sold over 1 billion albums. There are about 30+ acts between them. Yeah, 100 million records is a lot, but The Beatles are on a whole nother level than Metallica.

Were the song lists given by Harmonix or did you just put the songs that are on the albums? Because i'm positive that some of those songs are already on the disc setlist.

Anyway I'm a sucker for the Beattles and i'm gonna be buying them. And the BONUS for the Abbey Road road full album is incredible!

For those about to yell "What the hell?!? Some of those songs were supposed to be in the game! I'm gonna have to pay double?!", Harmonix has clarified that the tracklists are purely to show which songs are on what albums. The songs on Abbey Road and the other 2 NOT in-game will be up for dlc. You won't be buying songs twice.

Playing Abbey Road side B together as one track = WIN!

I was hoping they would do that.

Frankly, the chance to play that is a game-seller for me on its own. Of course, I was going to buy the game anyway, but still....

Absolutely not a fan. I'd rather not have to play Polythene Pam in order to play You Never Give Me Your Money and You're Gonna Carry That Weight. Or can we play them individually OR as a B-side medley?

That is the only way to do it!

and person above me, it says you have the option to, so I assume you can do it separately. But screwing with that epic medley? That's a crime.

Bakkster - It says right in the article that you have the OPTION of playing the medley as one big song.

Though I don't see why you'd play it any other way.

How am I going to fit all this goodness on my 20gig HD, I have to jiggle all my content as much as possible already... jezus. Guess I gotta invest in a new HD.

I saw a 1TB SATA drive at Wally World for about $99.99.

Although, if you're playing on 360, it's gonna cost ya.

Haha, I'm starting to have that problem, too.

2.2 gig's left... I'm scared.

maybe cut back on the pudding.

If you're on 360, the 120 gig is $120 on Amazon today. Gogogo

Some Sears stores have the 120GB XBox 360 drive on clearance for $49.97.

....off to Sears it is.

Uh, welcome to 2007. They've been charging $2 a song since the launch of Rock Band DLC.

Considering that it's The Beatles, I'd say that $2 for a song is DAMN cheap.

Welcome to Rock Band?

Yes!

"If you purchase the full Abbey Road album, you'll have the option to play the B-side medley (from "You Never Give Me Your Money" through "The End") as one continuous track."

Please let Revolver be the next album after these... and the single Rain.

I wonder if any of these songs will get special dreamscapes.

I believe they said in a interview that they would.

You mean acid trips, right?

It's a good time to be an enthusiast of both mind-altering substances and rhythm games.

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