''Sweet Heart Dealer'' is the debut

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by the rock band

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, released on February 17, 2004, through

Sympathy For The Record Industry Sympathy for the Record Industry (also known as Sympathy Records or Sympathy 4 the R.I.) is a mainly independent garage rock and punk label formed in 1988 by Long Gone John. The first Sympathy release was the Lazy Cowgirls' ''Radio Cowgirl'' L ...

. 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

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described Scarling's music as "dark, desperate, chaotic, gorgeous pop music, the sound of the end of the world."

Track listing

All songs written by

Jessicka Jessicka Addams (born Jessica Fodera on October 23, 1975) is an American visual artist and retired musician. Best known by her stage name Jessicka, she was the frontwoman for the alternative rock band Jack Off Jill, and later for the noise-pop ...

and

Christian Hejnal Christian Hejnal Addams (born June 3, 1969) is an American visual effects producer and the guitarist and occasional vocalist of the Los Angeles-based rock band Scarling. Musical career In the early 1990s, he played in bands such as Candyhatef ...

. # "The Last Day I Was Happy" – 3:49 # " Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole" – 3:26 # "

Crispin Glover Crispin Hellion Glover (born April 20, 1964) is an American actor. He is known for portraying eccentric characters on screen, such as George McFly in ''Back to the Future'' (1985), Layne in '' River's Edge'' (1986), Andy Warhol in ''The Doors ...

" – 3:18 # "Alexander the Burn Victim" – 6:00 # "Baby Dracula" – 3:54 # "Black Horse Riding Star" – 5:31 # "Can't (Halloween Valentine)" – 7:21

LP Track listing

Side A # "The Last Day I Was Happy" – 3:49 # "

" – 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

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. *

— vocals, additional art *

— guitar, bass *

Rickey Lime Rickey Lime (born Anna Goodling August 20, 1980) is an American guitarist who is best known for her bands Shotgun Won and the Los Angeles-based rock band Scarling. History Anna Goodling grew up in Cottage Grove, Oregon, but spent much of her ...

— guitar *Garey Snider — drums *Bobby Hidalgo — additional bass *

Chris Vrenna Chris Vrenna (born February 23, 1967 in Erie, Pennsylvania) is an American musician, producer, engineer, remixer, songwriter, programmer, and founder of the electronic band Tweaker. Vrenna played drums for the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails ...

— producer *Erik Colvin — mixing *Logan Mader — engineer *John Vestman — mastering *Leslie Ann Sundoll — art direction *Piper Ferguson — photography *

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— cover art

Charts and awards

*Nominee, 2004

Shortlist Music Prize The Shortlist Music Prize, stylized as (shôrt–lĭst), was an annual music award for the best album released in the United States that had sold fewer than 500,000 copies at the time of nomination. First given as a cash prize in 2001 under ...

Shortlist Listmakers Longlists Listed August 5, 2004
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Notes

References

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