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{{Infobox album
| name       = Life of Riley: <br>The Lightning Seeds Collection
| type       = compilation
| artist     = [[The Lightning Seeds]]
| cover      = Life of Riley The Lightning Seeds Collection.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 11 August 2003
| recorded   = 1989–1992
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Alternative rock]], [[indie pop]]
| length     = 48:03
| label      = [[EMI Gold]] <small>(591570)</small>
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[Tilt (Lightning Seeds album)|Tilt]]
| prev_year  = 1999
| next_title = [[The Very Best of The Lightning Seeds]]
| next_year  = 2006
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |first= |last= |title=The Lightning Seeds: ''Life of Riley: The Lightning Seeds Collection'' > Review |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r693581|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |accessdate=August 6, 2010}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}
'''''Life of Riley: The Lightning Seeds Collection''''' is the second compilation by British [[alternative rock]] band [[The Lightning Seeds]]. The music is taken from The Lightning Seeds releases between 1989 and 1992. It consists largely of non-album B-sides, along with a few album tracks and two versions of the band's hit single "The Life Of Riley".

==Track listing==
{{track listing
| extra_column = Original album/single

| title1    = [[The Life of Riley (song)|The Life of Riley]]
| writer1   = Ian Broudie
| extra1    = ''[[Sense (The Lightning Seeds album)|Sense]]''
| length1   = 4:04

| title2    = Sense
| writer2   = Broudie, [[Terry Hall (singer)|Terry Hall]]
| extra2    = ''Sense''
| length2   = 4:09

| title3    = Fools
| writer3   = Broudie
| extra3    = B-side of "[[Pure (The Lightning Seeds song)|Pure]]"
| length3   = 4:09

| title4    = Frenzy
| writer4   = Broudie
| extra4    = B-side of "Joy"
| length4   = 3:57

| title5    = Control the Flame
| writer5   = Broudie, [[The Lotus Eaters (band)|Peter Coyle]]
| extra5    = B-side of "Joy"
| length5   = 3:24

| title6    = [[How Can We Hang On to a Dream|Hang on to a Dream]]
| writer6   = [[Tim Hardin]]
| extra6    = B-side of "Sweet Dreams"
| length6   = 2:23

| title7    = Persuasion
| writer7   = Broudie, [[Ian McCulloch (singer)|Ian McCulloch]]
| extra7    = B-side of "All I Want"
| length7   = 4:54

| title8    = [[Something in the Air]]
| writer8   = [[Speedy Keen|John Keen]]
| extra8    = B-side of "[[The Life of Riley (song)|The Life of Riley]]"
| length8   = 3:37

| title9    = Where Flowers Fade
| writer9   = Broudie, Hall
| extra9    = ''Sense''
| length9   = 5:01

| title10   = Marooned
| writer10  = Broudie
| extra10   = B-side of "The Life of Riley"
| length10  = 4:40

| title11   = [[Flaming Sword]]
| writer11  = Broudie, [[Paul Simpson (musician)|Paul Simpson]]
| extra11   = B-side of "Sweet Dreams"
| length11  = 3:13

| title12   = The Life of Riley (Remix)
| writer12  = Broudie
| extra12   = B-side of "Sense"
| length12  = 6:58
}}

;Notes
*"Fools" and "Frenzy" also appear on the US edition of ''[[Cloudcuckooland (album)|Cloudcuckooland]]''.
*"Control the Flame" also appears on ''Cloudcuckooland''.
*"Marooned" also appears on ''[[Sense (The Lightning Seeds album)|Sense]]''.

==References==
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