Rock Band - First 16 Songs Announced + Full Album Downloads!

Vito Raliffe | July 11, 2007 | News | Playstation 3 Wii E3 2007

The first 16 songs of Rock Band have been officially announced, along with the news that Rock Band will support full album downloads. The first full album that will be available for download is The Who's 1971 release, Who's Next. Harmonix will be giving us content updates weekly when the game is released, so you may want to prepare your hard drive.

The 16 known tracks to be in Rock Band are as follows. An asterisk to the right of the name means it is a cover (meaning those without are based on master recordings)

1970s

* The Who - "Won't Get Fooled Again"

* Mountain - "Mississippi Queen"*

* David Bowie - "Suffragette City"

* Black Sabbath - "Paranoid"*

* Blue Oyster Cult - "Don't Fear the Reaper"

* The Ramones - "Rockaway Beach"

1980s

* Rush - "Tom Sawyer"*

* Bon Jovi - "Wanted Dead or Alive"

1990s

* Nirvana - "In Bloom"

* Stone Temple Pilots - "Vasoline"

* Weezer - "Say It Ain't So"

* Foo Fighters - "Learn to Fly"

* Metallica - "Enter Sandman"

2000s

* The Hives - "Main Offender"

* The Strokes - "Reptilia"

* Queens of the Stone Age - "Go With the Flow"

As part of the ongoing explosion of juicy Rock Band info at E3 (need we say anything more than METALLICA ARE IN ROCK BAND?), MTV and Harmonix have announced that the game will be the first to offer full-length albums for download. Yes, full albums! There's no doubt that this is an important step forward for the genre, allowing fans to play all the way through some of the most classic rock albums of all time with friends. In short, it's going to be brilliant. So what's the first full album that will be available for the game after its release? The Who's 1971 rock classic, Who's Next. Of course, that's only the beginning - Harmonix is promising weekly content updates for the game after launch, so you can expect many more exciting artist and album announcements over the next few months.

Harmonix has also officially announced the first 16 Rock Band songs that will ship with the game. They are as follows, noting that any track with an asterisk is a cover (so yes, the majority are based on master recordings!):

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Reenee | July 12, 2007

I doubt we'll see many full albums because they can't all be active enough to be entertaining and playable.
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Cruxis Mana | July 12, 2007

^{The song list is looking amazing so far ^^
Go with the Flow is probably my favorite at the moment though.
Full albums will also be a nice new addition, perhaps Guitar Hero might take the hint ??}
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JJBDude | July 12, 2007

That's a good song list so far and I am looking forward to finding out what other songs will be joining that list. Full album downloads sounds silly though, not many people will like all the songs on the artists album will they?
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Vito Raliffe | July 12, 2007

Well, if they can get more classic albums like Who's Next, then a lot of people will end up downloading them. We'll have to wait and see the pricing too though.
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Jaw Knee | July 12, 2007

*bleep*ing Queens of the Stone Age? The Strokes? Weezer and Nirvana? This is going to be sweet.