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Released | November 2002 | |||
Genre | Hard rock, punk rock, heavy metal | |||
Label | Universal | |||
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Riff After Riff After Motherfucking Riff is a 2002 compilation of the B-sides from various versions of The Wildhearts' 2002 single "Vanilla Radio" plus the song "Stormy in the North, Karma in the South". ("Vanilla Radio" would later appear on the 2003 studio album The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed .) An expanded version of the compilation called Riff After Riff was released in the US the following year, featuring several more tracks recorded by the band in 2001 and 2002. These additional songs were generally used as B-sides for the other singles from The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed . All of the songs from both versions of this compilation except for "Vanilla Radio" are also found on the 2004 compilation Coupled With .
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