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Today, Harmonix and MTV Games announced that The Cars’ 1978 self-titled debut album will be available for Rock Band next week. The album hits the Xbox LIVE Marketplace first on Tuesday, May 27th and then for the PLAYSTATION 3 on the PLAYSTATION Store on Thursday, May 29th. Single tracks will be available for $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) or get the full length album for $14.99 (1200 Microsoft Points).
The Cars album includes the following 9 tracks:
"Good Times Roll"
"My Best Friend's Girl"
"Just What I Needed"
"I'm in Touch with Your World"
"Don't Cha Stop"
"You're All I've Got Tonight"
"Bye Bye Love"
"Moving in Stereo"
"All Mixed Up”
(All nine tracks utilize the original master recordings)
See the full listing of currently available Rock Band tracks here.
From Harmonix and MTV Games
Press release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ROCK BAND Media Alert
ROCK BAND™ LETS THE GOOD TIMES ROLL WITH
THE CARS’ CLASSIC 1978 SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM
Harmonix and MTV Games announced today their second complete album
addition to the Rock Band downloadable content catalog: The Cars’
1978 self-titled debut, which will be available Tuesday, May 27.
Hailed by Rolling Stone as one of the 500 greatest albums of all time,
The Cars was released 30 years ago this month by Elektra Records and
spawned new wave classic hits such as "Good Times Roll," “My Best
Friend's Girl,” “Just What I Needed," “You're All I've Got
Tonight” and pop-culture’s favorite bikini-top-removing theme song
"Moving in Stereo."
Each track will be available for $1.99 per track (160 Microsoft
Points for Xbox 360) or $14.99 (1200 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360)
for the album.
Release date: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 (Xbox LIVE® Marketplace)
Thursday, May 29, 2008 (PLAYSTATION®Store)
Tracks: The Cars The Cars album
"Good Times Roll"
"My Best Friend's Girl"
"Just What I Needed"
"I'm in Touch with Your World"
"Don't Cha Stop"
"You're All I've Got Tonight"
"Bye Bye Love"
"Moving in Stereo"
"All Mixed Up”
(All nine tracks utilize the original master recordings)
Price: $14.99 (1200 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for the Album
or
$1.99 (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
Locations: Xbox LIVE Marketplace and PLAYSTATION®Network
** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to
change **
With the addition of these tracks there are now more than 170 tracks
available to date via disc and download purchase. The complete list of
tracks available to date can are located at
http://www.rockband.com/dlc. Rock Band continues to fly off shelves
and satisfy music fans and gamers’ voracious appetite for rock as
more than 10 million downloads have been purchased since its launch on
November 20, 2007. The Rock Band Music Store allows players to preview
and purchase downloadable individual music tracks and packs from the
vast selection of offerings available to date without ever leaving the
game as they build their own custom Rock Band library.
Rock Band allows online play and features that expand the boundaries
of music gaming. Rock Band downloadable content is playable and
integrated into setlists in all game modes including: Solo Tour, Band
World Tour, head-to-head competition either locally or online, and
from any Quickplay mode. In order to play downloadable content for
head-to-head matches or multiplayer online, all players must own the
same downloadable track. Downloadable content for the Xbox®360 video
game and entertainment system from Microsoft will be available for
purchase via Xbox LIVE Marketplace using Microsoft Points and is
downloaded directly to the Xbox 360 hard drive. Downloadable content
for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system's version of Rock
Band will be available for purchase on the PLAYSTATION®Store through
the free PLAYSTATION Network and is downloaded directly to PLAYSTATION
3 system's built in hard drive.
Rock Band is rated "T" for Teen (lyrics, mild suggestive themes) by
the ESRB.
For more information on Rock Band and Harmonix Music Systems please
visit www.rockband.com and www.harmonixmusic.com.
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