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Pearl Jam’s Backspacer Album Available for Rock Band

Published September 21, 2009

Harmonix and MTV Games has announced that the entirety of Pearl Jam’s new album Backspacer will be available from Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for play in Rock Band® and Rock Band 2 on Xbox 360®.

Backspacer is the latest album from Pearl Jam.

Pearl Jam became one of the precursors of alternative rock after forming in Seattle in 1990. Made up of Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, and Matt Cameron, the band has sold more than 60 million records around the globe. The band hit mainstream success after the release of its 1991 debut album, Ten, which sold 12 million copies worldwide. Ten became available for play in Rock Band when the album was re-issued March 24, 2009, and has sold more than 850,000 song downloads to date. Pearl Jam is currently touring in promotion of their ninth and latest studio album, Backspacer, from August through October in the United States and Europe.

In addition, Pearl Jam will offer a special edition CD set at Target stores nationwide that will include the Backspacer album disc and a code enabling owners of the special edition to download the entire album for Rock Band or Rock Band 2 gameplay. The tracks will be imported into participating fans’ Rock Band libraries and be accessible to all game modes, including solo, band play, online multiplayer and instrument vs. instrument.

Track Listing
The entire Backspacer album is available for 1440 MS Points. Individual tracks are also available at 160 MS Points each:

• “Gonna See My Friend”
• “Got Some”
• “The Fixer”
• “Johnny Guitar”
• “Just Breathe”
• “Amongst the Waves”
• “Unthought Known”
• “Supersonic”
• “Speed of Sound”
• “Force of Nature”
• “The End”

All tracks are original master recordings.