Devil's Food

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Devil's Food
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ReleasedApril 5, 2005 [1]
Genre Rock and roll
Label Mid-Fi Recordings
Supersuckers chronology
Live at the Tractor Tavern
(2004)
Devil's Food
(2005)
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Devil's Food is a singles compilation by American rock and roll band Supersuckers. [3] It was released in April 2005 on Mid-Fi records.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Gato Negro"
  2. "Shake It Off"
  3. "Hey Ya"
  4. "Teenage Shutdown"
  5. "Doublewide" (country version)
  6. "Team Man"
  7. "Can Pipe"
  8. "Rubber Biscuit"
  9. "Born with a Tail" (country version)
  10. "Devil's Food"
  11. "Sail On"
  12. "Kid's Got It Comin'"
  13. "Eastbound & Down"
  14. "Then I'm Gone"
  15. "Flyin' Into the Mid-Day Sun"
  16. "End of an Era"

Notes

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References

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