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| Name = Sweet Heart Dealer
| Name = Sweet Heart Dealer
| Type = [[Album (music)|Album]]
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Scarling.]]
| Artist = [[Scarling.]]
| Cover = SweetHeartDealer.jpeg
| Cover = ScarlingSHD.jpg
| Caption = Original album artwork by [[Mark Ryden]]
| Background = Orange
| Released = [[February 17]], [[2004]]
| Released = February 17, 2004
| Recorded = Winter 2003-2004
| Recorded = Winter 2003-2004
| Genre = [[Alternative rock]]
| Genre = [[Noise pop]], [[Gothic rock]], [[Shoegaze]]
| Length = 33:18
| Length = 33:18
| Label = [[Sympathy for the Record Industry]]
| Label = [[Sympathy for the Record Industry]]
| Producer = [[Chris Vrenna]]
| Producer = [[Chris Vrenna]]
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| Last album = [[Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole]] (2003)
| Reviews = <nowiki></nowiki>
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| This album = Sweet Heart Dealer (2004)
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| Next album = [[Crispin Glover (single)|Crispin Glover]] (2004)
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'''''Sweet Heart Dealer''''' is the debut album by the rock band [[Scarling.]], released on [[February 17]] [[2004]]. Originally scheduled for release as ''Butcherbourne'', the album was retitled at the last minute, and pared down from 12 or 13 tracks to seven during mixing at Old Blue Studios in Los Angeles.
'''''Sweet Heart Dealer''''' is the debut album by the rock band [[Scarling.]], released on February 17, 2004. 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.


[[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] of [[The Cure]] described Scarling's music as "dark, desperate, chaotic, gorgeous pop music, the sound of the end of the world" <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2006/05/12/music_review_amusement_park_20060512_feature.shtml BBC Norfolk review Amusement Parks On Fire/Scarling.December 5, 2006]</ref>
The album was born from singer [[Jessicka]]'s "melancholy unconscious private moments", her experiments with [[hallucinogenic drugs]] in the period immediately prior to the band's formation, and from various outside sources: "[[Crispin Glover (single)|Crispin Glover]]" apparently makes a parable, about the concealment and internalization of violence, of the 1986 film ''[[River's Edge]]''; while "Alexander the Burn Victim" centers on conflicting emotions concerning the loss of a loved one, and was inspired by the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].


== Track listing ==
==Track listing==
All songs written by [[Jessicka]] and [[Christian Hejnal]].
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# "The Last Day I Was Happy" &ndash; 3:49
# "[[Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole]]" &ndash; 3:26
# "The Last Day I Was Happy" – 3:49
# "[[Crispin Glover (single)|Crispin Glover]]" &ndash; 3:18
# "[[Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole]]" – 3:26
# "[[Crispin Glover (single)|Crispin Glover]]" – 3:18
# "Alexander the Burn Victim" &ndash; 6:00
# "Alexander the Burn Victim" – 6:00
# "Baby Dracula" &ndash; 3:54
# "Baby Dracula" – 3:54
# "Black Horse Riding Star" &ndash; 5:31
# "Black Horse Riding Star" – 5:31
# "Can't (Halloween Valentine)" &ndash; 7:21
# "Can't (Halloween Valentine)" – 7:21

==LP Track listing==

'''Side A'''
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# "The Last Day I Was Happy" – 3:49
# "[[Crispin Glover (single)|Crispin Glover]]" – 3:18
# "[[Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole]]" – 3:26
# "Baby Dracula" – 3:54
# "Love Becomes a Ghost" (LP bonus track)

'''Side B'''
# "Black Horse Riding Star" – 5:31
# "Alexander the Burn Victim" – 6:00
# "Can't (Halloween Valentine)" – 7:21

* Note: the LP sleeve incorrectly transposes the songs "Alexander the Burn Victim" and "Baby Dracula"


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*Jessicka &mdash; vocals, additional art
*[[Jessicka]] &mdash; vocals, additional art
*[[Christian Hejnal]] &mdash; guitar, bass
*[[Christian Hejnal]] &mdash; guitar, bass
*[[Rickey Lime]] &mdash; guitar
*[[Rickey Lime]] &mdash; guitar
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==Charts and awards==
==Charts and awards==
*Nominee, 2004 [[Shortlist Music Prize]]<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1490520/20040824/story.jhtml MTV news August 28, 2004]</ref><ref>[http://www.411mania.com/music/news/6503/Finalists-For-The-Shortlist-Music-Prize.htm Finalists For The Shortlist Music Prize 08.24.2004] </ref><ref>[http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?b=news&id=37304 Shortlist Listmakers Longlists Listed August 5, 2004]</ref>
*Nominee, 2004 [[Shortlist Music Prize]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Scarling}}


[[Category:Scarling. albums]]
[[Category:Scarling. albums]]
[[Category:2004 albums]]
[[Category:2004 debut albums]]
[[Category:Debut albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Chris Vrenna]]
[[Category:Sympathy for the Record Industry albums]]

Revision as of 14:05, 13 March 2015

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Sweet Heart Dealer is the debut album by the rock band Scarling., released on February 17, 2004. 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.

Robert Smith of The Cure described Scarling's music as "dark, desperate, chaotic, gorgeous pop music, the sound of the end of the world" [1]

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
  • Note: the LP sleeve incorrectly transposes the songs "Alexander the Burn Victim" and "Baby Dracula"

Personnel

  • Jessicka — vocals, additional art
  • Christian Hejnal — guitar, bass
  • Rickey Lime — guitar
  • Garey Snider — drums
  • Bobby Hidalgo — additional bass
  • Chris Vrenna — producer
  • Erik Colvin — mixing
  • Logan Mader — engineer
  • John Vestman — mastering
  • Leslie Ann Sundoll — art direction
  • Piper Ferguson — photography
  • Mark Ryden — cover art

Charts and awards

References

  1. ^ BBC Norfolk review Amusement Parks On Fire/Scarling.December 5, 2006
  2. ^ MTV news August 28, 2004
  3. ^ Finalists For The Shortlist Music Prize 08.24.2004
  4. ^ Shortlist Listmakers Longlists Listed August 5, 2004
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