Coupled With [Enhanced, Import]

Wildhearts | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 3, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced, Import
• Label: Zyx/Punk N Drunk
• ASIN: B0001P4VPO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #876,637 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Stormy In The North, Karma In The South

2. Move On

3. Cheers

4. People That Life Forgot

5. L.T.D

6. Looking For The One

7. 6.30 Onwards

8. Eager To Leave 'Er

9. Putting It On

10. Better Than Cable

11. Lake Of Piss

12. If J Decide

13. Bang!

14. You Got To Get Through What You've Got To Go Through To Get What You Want, But...

15. Hit It On The Head

16. Let's Go

17. Return To Zero

18. O.C.D.

19. Action Panzer

20. Danny's Dancin

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Riff After Harmonious Riff, June 6, 2004

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doomsdayer520 (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Coupled With (Audio CD)

The Wildhearts are one of those bands that do what they do so perfectly that they would seem destined for hugeness. But in this imperfect world which often demands style over substance, those of us in the know must spread the word about great music that rewards those who are willing to search for it. This Wildhearts release is a collection of B-sides, limited editions, and other lost items recorded during the latest incarnation of the Wildhearts lineup, since a reformation a couple of years ago of the classic lineup featuring singer/guitarist/songwriting genius Ginger, guitarist CJ, drummer Stidi, and a bassist who may or may not be ambulatory on any given day. The fact that the killer tunes featured here were considered leftovers is a testament to this band's incredible abilities as songwriters and players. The lead-off track "Stormy in the North, Karma in the South" is a perfectly slamming introduction to both this compilation and also to the band's flawless execution of melody and muscle. "Looking for the One" and "Return to Zero" are great examples of brooding Sabbath-like power riffs leading into surprisingly sweet harmony-drenched vocal arrangements. "Putting It On" and "Bang!" up the pop quotient with winning results, and check out the fun-tastic "Cheers" which combines the theme songs of the Cheers and Taxi TV shows and rocks the teeth out of both of them. The power overload on "6:30 Onwards," "Eager to Leave Her," and "Better Than Cable" (my faves among a consistent list of winners) proves that the Wildhearts are almost too good for rock n' roll, and certainly too good to be big in America.

Note that with the Wildhearts' hyper-creative tendencies, their habit of breaking up and reforming regularly, and their various record contracts in various nations, tracking their catalog is getting confusing. The 2003 release *The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed* is thus far the only "proper" album from the band's current incarnation, and is considerably more poppy than the material collected here. *Riff After Riff* is also a compilation of B-sides from this period. If you can afford the import pricing, *Coupled With* makes *Riff After Riff* irrelevant because it contains all of that compilation's thirteen tracks, plus seven more rarities. [~doomsdayer520~]

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These Are 'B' Sides ???, April 2, 2004

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Dave From Ohio (Mentor, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coupled With (Audio CD)

The latest Wildhearts CD is supposedly a collection of songs that were considered 'B' sides. Well I have news for you, most bands would die to have these gems as their 'A' sides!! One of the aspects of this band that is grossly underrated is their songwriting. The Wildhearts seem to be able to produce an endless stream of great songs. Then you must consider that Ginger has put out quite a few side projects, most notably SilverGinger 5, that have even more great tracks.
Be sure to check out the band on their currect US tour where they are supposrting The Darkness-it should be the other way around to be sure. If you love their CDs you will become even more of a fan after seeing them live.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why were always B-side colleciton of The Wildhearts better than their offical releases?, February 24, 2006

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Crucial BBQ - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coupled With (Audio CD)

Let me start describing the Wildhearts as an excellent band coupling of Metallica and Oasis, containing both heaviness and melody. This is sincerely the greatest release by the Wildhearts since the greatest hits (Japanese version-"CD disc 2"). I recommend to get this one first before "the Wildhearts must be destoryed." I have loved the Wildhearts for more than 10 years because of (1) Ginger's unexpected behaviors, (2) Ginger's sweet voice (in spite of his appearance!), (3) extremely heavy but extremely catchy songs, and (4) their intense live performances. Although their early releases are more known for the creativity, I have supported their dramatic change to indusitral aspect in "Endless, Nameless." Their comeback to purely catchly-metal sound was widely welcomed by fans.

I guess this CD "Coupled with" is a compilation of all singles released for "Wildhearts must be destroyed", and ironically THIS IS BETTER THAN ITS ORIGINAL ALBUM! It happened before when they released "Anthem - The Single Tracks" because I thought the songs like "White Lies" and "Zomboid" were better than any songs in "Endless Nameless" except for the "Urge", which is also in the single collection. Anyway, "Coupled With" have a TONS of decent tracks from "Cheers", "The People That Life Forget", "Eager To Leave 'Er" to "Bang!", "If I Decide", and AMONG OTHER!

You can NOT be definitely bored listening all 21 tracks in this album, espeically when you dont have any of Wildhearts recent CDs (some songs overlap with other release but they at least re-arranged them). Ginger is absolutely one of true ROCKER who is not only crazy but also genius. I like his attitude toward the media because he is careless of them, rather he hate them. I guess he does not need a support from the media because his music speaks for itself and it certainly does! To conclude, this is hard to get in store but I recommend to order it on line because it is strongly worth it!!!!