Sweet Heart Dealer is the debut album by the rock band Scarling.

Scarling.

Scarling. is an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, whose core members are Jessicka and Christian Hejnal-Addams. The band formed in 2002. They have released two albums, Sweet Heart Dealer and So Long, Scarecrow.-Name:...

, 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

Robert Smith (musician)

Robert James Smith is an English musician. He is the lead singer, guitar player and principal songwriter of the rock band The Cure, and its only constant member since its founding in 1976...

 of The Cure

The Cure

The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...

 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

Jessicka Addams is an American singer and artist. Best known by her stage name Jessicka, she was the front woman of Florida based band Jack Off Jill and current front for the Los Angeles based band Scarling.-Early life:Jessicka grew up in the town of Sunrise, Florida...

 and Christian Hejnal

Christian Hejnal

Christian Hejnal - Addams is an American visual effects producer and the guitarist and occasional vocalist of the Los Angeles-based rock band Scarling.-Musical career:...

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1. "The Last Day I Was Happy" – 3:49
2. "Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole
   Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole
   "Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole" is the first single by Los Angeles, California rock band Scarling. It was released in the USA on 7" vinyl on March 19, 2003 on the Sympathy for the Record Industry label, and on compact disc on December 16....
   
   " – 3:26
3. "Crispin Glover
   Crispin Glover (single)
   "Crispin Glover" is the second single from Scarling.'s debut album, Sweet Heart Dealer. It was released in the USA on two separate 7" vinyl records on November 7, 2004 on the Sympathy for the Record Industry label...
   
   " – 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
   Crispin Glover (single)
   "Crispin Glover" is the second single from Scarling.'s debut album, Sweet Heart Dealer. It was released in the USA on two separate 7" vinyl records on November 7, 2004 on the Sympathy for the Record Industry label...
   
   " – 3:18
3. "Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole
   Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole
   "Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole" is the first single by Los Angeles, California rock band Scarling. It was released in the USA on 7" vinyl on March 19, 2003 on the Sympathy for the Record Industry label, and on compact disc on December 16....
   
   " – 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
  Jessicka
  Jessicka Addams is an American singer and artist. Best known by her stage name Jessicka, she was the front woman of Florida based band Jack Off Jill and current front for the Los Angeles based band Scarling.-Early life:Jessicka grew up in the town of Sunrise, Florida...
  
   — vocals, additional art
• Christian Hejnal
  Christian Hejnal
  Christian Hejnal - Addams is an American visual effects producer and the guitarist and occasional vocalist of the Los Angeles-based rock band Scarling.-Musical career:...
  
   — guitar, bass
• Rickey Lime
  Rickey Lime
  Rickey Lime is an American guitarist who is best known for her bands Shotgun Won and the Los Angeles-based rock band Scarling..-History:...
  
   — 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
  Mark Ryden
  -Early life:Ryden is the son of Barbara and Keith Ryden, born in Medford, Oregon but raised in Southern California. He has two sisters and two brothers, one a fellow artist named Keyth Ryden....
  
  — cover art