Mainstream Rock
Various Artists
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- The Basics
Solid sounds for big-hook hounds is what our Mainstream Rock Basics are all about, with oversized tracks, like Nickelback's "Gotta Be Somebody," that launch a massive, guitar-army assault on power-ballad cliché; and time travelers like Gnarls Barkley's "Going On" for a back-to-the-future blast. Hail an alt-rock ride with Death Cab for Cutie and "Cath…" or groove to the soul-searching dance crunch of the Killers and "Human," while six-string whiz kid John Mayer holds down the fort with the laid-back blues of "Waiting On the World to Change."
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Name Artist Time Price 1 Viva la Vida Coldplay 4:01 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Gotta Be Somebody Nickelback 4:13 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 Let It Die Foo Fighters 4:04 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 What I've Done Linkin Park 3:25 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Supernatural Superserious R.E.M. 3:24 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 Dani California Red Hot Chili Peppers 4:42 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 Superhero Jane's Addiction 3:58 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 Human The Killers 4:05 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 It's Not My Time 3 Doors Down 4:01 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 How Far We've Come Matchbox Twenty 3:29 $0.69 View In iTunes 11 Waiting On the World to Change John Mayer 3:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 It's Not Over Daughtry 3:35 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 Makes Me Wonder Maroon 5 3:31 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 Girl Beck 3:29 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 I Kissed a Girl Katy Perry 2:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 16 Beat It (feat. John Mayer) Fall Out Boy 3:48 $1.29 View In iTunes 17 Going On Gnarls Barkley 2:54 $0.99 View In iTunes 18 Crack the Shutters Snow Patrol 3:20 $1.29 View In iTunes 19 Sorry Buckcherry 3:46 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 Cath... Death Cab for Cutie 3:49 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 The Time of My Life David Cook 3:34 Album Only View In iTunes 22 When You're Gone Avril Lavigne 4:00 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 Troublemaker Weezer 2:44 $1.29 View In iTunes 24 She Builds Quick Machines Velvet Revolver 4:02 $0.99 View In iTunes 25 The Shock of the Lightning Oasis 5:09 $1.29 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Next Steps
Hall of Famer Chrissie Hynde draws on days gone by for the Pretenders' modern rockabilly rouster "Boots of Chinese Plastic," while Texas indies Spoon give a stirring shout-out to the power of the little guy in the their Everyman anthem "The Underdog." The Raconteurs draw a fine line between raw and refined on the rootsy rambler "Old Enough," while Queens of the Stone Age barrel right on into the heavy stuff with the hard charger "3's & 7's." And P!nk? She's just trying to convince the world she doesn't give a damn with her pop-rock protest "So What."
Hit Deep Cuts for mainstream rock that's anything but ordinary.$28.26 Next Steps
Parental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 Love Is Noise The Verve 5:27 $0.99 View In iTunes 2 Believe The Bravery 3:46 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 Come Around Counting Crows 4:31 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Hard Sun Eddie Vedder 5:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Funplex The B-52's 4:10 $0.99 View In iTunes 6 The Underdog Spoon 3:42 $0.99 View In iTunes 7 Break Three Days Grace 3:13 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 Old Enough The Raconteurs 3:57 $0.99 View In iTunes 9 Nine In the Afternoon Panic! At the Disco 2:33 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 3's & 7's Queens of the Stone Age 3:34 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 Starlight Muse 4:03 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 How to Save a Life (New Version) The Fray 4:22 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 Fix It Ryan Adams & The Cardinals 2:57 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 Sex On Fire Kings of Leon 3:23 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 You Are the Best Thing Ray LaMontagne 3:51 $0.99 View In iTunes 16 You Know My Name Chris Cornell 4:00 $1.29 View In iTunes 17 ExplicitSo What P!nk 3:35 $0.69 View In iTunes 18 Shattered (Turn the Car Around) O.A.R. 4:15 $0.69 View In iTunes 19 Love Is Free Sheryl Crow 3:22 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 Your Decision Alice In Chains 4:43 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 Love Hurts Incubus 3:57 $1.29 View In iTunes 22 Stop and Stare OneRepublic 3:43 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 Without You Hinder 3:52 $1.29 View In iTunes 24 Broken (New / Radio Version) Lifehouse 4:14 $1.29 View In iTunes Total: 24 Songs - Deep Cuts
Even the mainstream has its offshoots and tributaries, so we've gone exploring to bring you everything from the shimmering depths of Nada Surf's pop-toned glory "Whose Authority," to the arena-sized grandeur of Switchfoot's big, beautiful challenge "I Dare You to Move." Keane may look back to the '80s for the retro swirl of "Spiralling," but they still keep their feet planted firmly in the musical here-and-now; while Gavin Rossdale opens up the contents of his rocker's heart with the big sonic boom of "Love Remains the Same."
$28.26 Deep Cuts
Parental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 Lazy Eye Silversun Pickups 5:54 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 I'm Not Over Carolina Liar 3:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 Whose Authority Nada Surf 3:01 $0.99 View In iTunes 4 Gives You Hell The All-American Rejects 3:33 $0.69 View In iTunes 5 In Love With a Girl Gavin DeGraw 3:26 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 Bring It On Lenny Kravitz 3:35 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution The Black Crowes 5:04 $0.99 View In iTunes 8 Falling Down Duran Duran 5:39 $0.99 View In iTunes 9 My Turn Hoobastank 3:09 $0.99 View In iTunes 10 Underneath Alanis Morissette 4:07 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 ExplicitBelieve Staind 4:17 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 Spiralling Keane 4:19 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 Big Casino Jimmy Eat World 3:40 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 Psycho Puddle of Mudd 3:30 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 Through Glass Stone Sour 4:42 $1.29 View In iTunes 16 I Dare You to Move Switchfoot 4:07 $1.29 View In iTunes 17 Natural Disaster Plain White T's 3:40 $0.99 View In iTunes 18 Hollywood Collective Soul 3:04 $0.99 View In iTunes 19 Dark Blue Jack's Mannequin 4:11 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 Sweet and Low Augustana 3:34 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 The Great Escape Boys Like Girls 3:26 $1.29 View In iTunes 22 Hold On KT Tunstall 2:57 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 Who's Going Home With You Tonight? Trapt 3:35 $0.99 View In iTunes 24 Come On Get Higher Matt Nathanson 3:35 $1.29 View In iTunes Total: 24 Songs - Complete Set
There's a reason why a song hits the mainstream: Hits like "Viva la Vida" just have that crucial X factor, a sweet-spot sound that catches everyone's ear and that, as Coldplay frontman Chris Martin puts it, "can be sung to the rafters." It's there in the seen-it/done-it funk polish of old hands the Red Hot Chili Peppers's "Dani California," and in the wide-eyed surprise of "I Kissed a Girl" from new kid Katy Perry. It's in the dark-and-crispy ravings of Puddle of Mudd's "Psycho," and the sweet Southern sounds of My Morning Jacket's "I'm Amazed." And it's all over our Mainstream Rock Essentials, a monster playlist of surefire rock solidity that opens up the floodgates of mainstream power, from the antics of alterna-quirk cut-ups Weezer ("Troublemaker") to the new-school power pop of Plain White T's ("Natural Disaster").
$86.28 Complete Set
Parental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 Viva la Vida Coldplay 4:01 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Gotta Be Somebody Nickelback 4:13 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 Let It Die Foo Fighters 4:04 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 What I've Done Linkin Park 3:25 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Supernatural Superserious R.E.M. 3:24 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 Dani California Red Hot Chili Peppers 4:42 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 Superhero Jane's Addiction 3:58 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 Human The Killers 4:05 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 It's Not My Time 3 Doors Down 4:01 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 How Far We've Come Matchbox Twenty 3:29 $0.69 View In iTunes 11 Waiting On the World to Change John Mayer 3:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 It's Not Over Daughtry 3:35 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 Makes Me Wonder Maroon 5 3:31 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 Girl Beck 3:29 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 I Kissed a Girl Katy Perry 2:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 16 Beat It (feat. John Mayer) Fall Out Boy 3:48 $1.29 View In iTunes 17 Going On Gnarls Barkley 2:54 $0.99 View In iTunes 18 Crack the Shutters Snow Patrol 3:20 $1.29 View In iTunes 19 Sorry Buckcherry 3:46 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 Cath... Death Cab for Cutie 3:49 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 The Time of My Life David Cook 3:34 Album Only View In iTunes 22 When You're Gone Avril Lavigne 4:00 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 Troublemaker Weezer 2:44 $1.29 View In iTunes 24 She Builds Quick Machines Velvet Revolver 4:02 $0.99 View In iTunes 25 The Shock of the Lightning Oasis 5:09 $1.29 View In iTunes 26 Love Is Noise The Verve 5:27 $0.99 View In iTunes 27 Believe The Bravery 3:46 $1.29 View In iTunes 28 Come Around Counting Crows 4:31 $1.29 View In iTunes 29 Hard Sun Eddie Vedder 5:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 30 Funplex The B-52's 4:10 $0.99 View In iTunes 31 The Underdog Spoon 3:42 $0.99 View In iTunes 32 Break Three Days Grace 3:13 $1.29 View In iTunes 33 Old Enough The Raconteurs 3:57 $0.99 View In iTunes 34 Nine In the Afternoon Panic! At the Disco 2:33 $1.29 View In iTunes 35 3's & 7's Queens of the Stone Age 3:34 $1.29 View In iTunes 36 Starlight Muse 4:03 $1.29 View In iTunes 37 How to Save a Life (New Version) The Fray 4:22 $1.29 View In iTunes 38 Fix It Ryan Adams & The Cardinals 2:57 $1.29 View In iTunes 39 Sex On Fire Kings of Leon 3:23 $1.29 View In iTunes 40 You Are the Best Thing Ray LaMontagne 3:51 $0.99 View In iTunes 41 You Know My Name Chris Cornell 4:00 $1.29 View In iTunes 42 ExplicitSo What P!nk 3:35 $0.69 View In iTunes 43 Shattered (Turn the Car Around) O.A.R. 4:15 $0.69 View In iTunes 44 Love Is Free Sheryl Crow 3:22 $1.29 View In iTunes 45 Your Decision Alice In Chains 4:43 $1.29 View In iTunes 46 Love Hurts Incubus 3:57 $1.29 View In iTunes 47 Stop and Stare OneRepublic 3:43 $1.29 View In iTunes 48 Without You Hinder 3:52 $1.29 View In iTunes 49 Broken (New / Radio Version) Lifehouse 4:14 $1.29 View In iTunes 50 Lazy Eye Silversun Pickups 5:54 $1.29 View In iTunes 51 I'm Not Over Carolina Liar 3:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 52 Whose Authority Nada Surf 3:01 $0.99 View In iTunes 53 Gives You Hell The All-American Rejects 3:33 $0.69 View In iTunes 54 In Love With a Girl Gavin DeGraw 3:26 $1.29 View In iTunes 55 Bring It On Lenny Kravitz 3:35 $1.29 View In iTunes 56 Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution The Black Crowes 5:04 $0.99 View In iTunes 57 Falling Down Duran Duran 5:39 $0.99 View In iTunes 58 My Turn Hoobastank 3:09 $0.99 View In iTunes 59 Underneath Alanis Morissette 4:07 $1.29 View In iTunes 60 ExplicitBelieve Staind 4:17 $1.29 View In iTunes 61 Spiralling Keane 4:19 $1.29 View In iTunes 62 Big Casino Jimmy Eat World 3:40 $1.29 View In iTunes 63 Psycho Puddle of Mudd 3:30 $1.29 View In iTunes 64 Through Glass Stone Sour 4:42 $1.29 View In iTunes 65 I Dare You to Move Switchfoot 4:07 $1.29 View In iTunes 66 Natural Disaster Plain White T's 3:40 $0.99 View In iTunes 67 Hollywood Collective Soul 3:04 $0.99 View In iTunes 68 Dark Blue Jack's Mannequin 4:11 $1.29 View In iTunes 69 Sweet and Low Augustana 3:34 $1.29 View In iTunes 70 The Great Escape Boys Like Girls 3:26 $1.29 View In iTunes 71 Hold On KT Tunstall 2:57 $1.29 View In iTunes 72 Who's Going Home With You Tonight? Trapt 3:35 $0.99 View In iTunes 73 Come On Get Higher Matt Nathanson 3:35 $1.29 View In iTunes Total: 73 Songs
Customer Reviews
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There are some good things (Linkin Park, Weezer, P!nk, Boys Like Girls) but most of it is terrible. Putting Katy Perry in here was a disgrace to the genre.
Corporate Noise
Mainstream rock music, buy it because everyone else is.
What have you done, iTunes?
There are only about 10 bands that actually deserve to be called rock on this list (Alice in Chains, Jane's Addiction, etc.) Aside from that, iTunes has really lowered the value of what good rock music should be.
