Sweet Heart Dealer

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Sweet Heart Dealer
ScarlingSHD.jpg
Original album artwork by Mark Ryden
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 17, 2004
Recorded2002–2003
StudioJune 3rd Studios and Amethyst Studios, California
Genre
Length33:18
Label Sympathy for the Record Industry
Producer Chris Vrenna
Scarling. chronology
Sweet Heart Dealer
(2004)
So Long, Scarecrow
(2005)
Singles from Sweet Heart Dealer
  1. "Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole"
    Released: March 19, 2003 [upper-alpha 1]
  2. "Crispin Glover"
    Released: November 7, 2004 [2]
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Sweet Heart Dealer is the debut studio album by the rock band Scarling., released on February 17, 2004, through Sympathy For The Record Industry. Originally scheduled for release as Butcherbourne, the album was retitled at the last minute, and pared down from 11 tracks to seven during mixing at Old Blue Studios in Los Angeles. The songs "A Constant Reminder", "Surgeon General", "Here On Earth" and "Funeral Gown" were recorded then omitted and have yet to be released.

Contents

Robert Smith of The Cure described Scarling's music as "dark, desperate, chaotic, gorgeous pop music, the sound of the end of the world." [4]

Track listing

All songs written by Jessicka and Christian Hejnal.

  1. "The Last Day I Was Happy" – 3:49
  2. "Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole" – 3:26
  3. "Crispin Glover" – 3:18
  4. "Alexander the Burn Victim" – 6:00
  5. "Baby Dracula" – 3:54
  6. "Black Horse Riding Star" – 5:31
  7. "Can't (Halloween Valentine)" – 7:21

LP Track listing

Side A

  1. "The Last Day I Was Happy" – 3:49
  2. "Crispin Glover" – 3:18
  3. "Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole" – 3:26
  4. "Baby Dracula" – 3:54
  5. "Love Becomes a Ghost" (LP bonus track)

Side B

  1. "Black Horse Riding Star" – 5:31
  2. "Alexander the Burn Victim" – 6:00
  3. "Can't (Halloween Valentine)" – 7:21

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [5]

Charts and awards

Notes

  1. 7" Single. CD single released December 16, 2003. [1]

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References

  1. Scarling - Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic , retrieved 2022-11-19
  2. "Sympathetic News Archives". Sympathyrecords.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  3. Benvenuto, Andrea (n.d.). "Scarling: Sweet Heart Dealer (Sympathy for the Record Industry)". Venus Zine . Archived from the original on October 20, 2006. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  4. BBC Norfolk review Amusement Parks On Fire/Scarling.December 5, 2006
  5. Sweet Heart Dealer (booklet). Scarling. Los Angeles: Sympathy For The Record Industry. 2004. SFTRI 731.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. MTV news August 28, 2004
  7. Finalists For The Shortlist Music Prize 08.24.2004
  8. Shortlist Listmakers Longlists Listed August 5, 2004