thl earned achievements in The Beatles: Rock Band

Is BRB everything you wanted to be and more?!?

Yeah pretty much. I love the subtle changes in the game itself (changing the difficulty from the start menu, giving a three-second countdown after you unpause, etc.), and my primary reason for getting this was to give myself a proper and thorough "introduction" to the beatles, since i've grown up with them being the previous generations' legends and i've heard all the hooks and choruses ad nauseum throughout life but have never really sat down and listened to full songs or albums or given them a chance at being "something I'm into." In that it's a huge success. I've given closer thought to the songs i know, listened to plenty i don't know, and even heard a few that i've heard but didn't know they were Beatles tunes! My one gripe on that front is not enough songs. i KNOW the rights hassle in getting as many as they did must've been horrendous but... you know...where's Hey Jude or Yesterday or any of the other songs always listed as their "best" stuff? Maybe we'll see it via DLC (it'd be great if eventually their entire catalog was available) in which case it'll just be more expensive but yeah... that's my only gripe. the gameplay is wonderful and pretty much every song is FUN to play, which says a lot

I heard they were releasing more of the albums from the beatles later on... so maybe they are holding out for that. DLC baby!

Hey Jude won't be released, based on the DLC that has already been announced: http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=158588

Abbey Road (1969)
Release Date: October 20, 2009
Pricing: $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”

In addition, purchasers of the full album download of Abbey Road will have the option to play the famous 16-minute B-side medley as a single continuous track. The medley includes “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."

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”


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”

well they need to leave something for 2010. :)

That's assuming there is more in 2010, which would be great, but I'm not assuming anything. Getting the license to do this game cost Harmonix a ton of money ($10 million, going up to $40 million based on sales), and the licensing of their music is a pain in the butt I'm guessing. So many license holders with their music...

the rights must have been an absolute nightmare, but in the ideal world, whatever deal was made to remaster and re-release the albums would've also included their partnered deal with harmonix... but whatever. I think, if you compare it to say GH: Metallica or Aerosmith, we're getting a trememndous amount of content. But still, it would've been nice to have the game be complete.

Actually...after looking at what album Hey Jude is on..I wouldn't be surprised if they released it at some point as DLC. They already have a good chunk of that album (Hey Jude) in the game...it would make sense if they released it.

Maybe they will release it around New Years or something?