Guitar Romantic
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{{Infobox album
| name = Guitar Romantic
| type = album
| artist = The Exploding Hearts
| cover = Guitar Romantic.jpg
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| released = April 1, 2003
| recorded = April 2002
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| genre = {{hlist|Power pop{{cite web|last=DeVille|first=Chris|date=April 1, 2013|title=Deconstructing: 10 Years Of The White Stripes Elephant And Exploding Hearts Guitar Romantic|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1305371/deconstructing-10-years-of-the-white-stripes-elephant-and-exploding-hearts-guitar-romantic/columns/sounding-board/|access-date=January 15, 2022|website=Stereogum}}{{cite web|date=April 30, 2013|title=Still Shattered: 10 Years After The Exploding Hearts' Guitar Romantic|url=https://consequence.net/aux-out/still-shattered-10-years-after-the-exploding-hearts-guitar-romantic/|access-date=January 15, 2022|website=Consequence}}{{cite web|date=March 2, 2018|title=10 Essential Power Pop Albums|url=https://www.treblezine.com/10-essential-power-pop-albums/|access-date=January 15, 2022|website=Treble}}{{cite web|date=April 5, 2021|title=40 Greatest One-Album Wonders|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-one-album-wonders-14916/exploding-hearts-guitar-romantic-2003-211269/|access-date=January 15, 2022|website=Rolling Stone}}{{cite web|last=Yassin|first=Jibril|date=May 20, 2016|title=The 10 Best Power Pop Albums To Own On Vinyl|url=http://magazine.vinylmeplease.com/magazine/the-10-best-power-pop-albums-to-own-on-vinyl/|access-date=January 15, 2022|website=Vinyl Me Please}}{{cite web|date=September 13, 2019|title=10 Essential Portland Albums|url=https://www.treblezine.com/10-essential-portland-albums/|access-date=January 15, 2022|website=Treble}}|punk rock{{cite web |last1=Nizam |first1=Adam |title=The 25 Best Punk Albums of the 2000s |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/punk/the-25-best-punk-albums-of-the-2000s/ |website=Paste |access-date=March 4, 2023}}}}
| length = 28:33
| label = Dirtnap, Screaming Apple
| producer = The Exploding Hearts, Pat Kearns
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Guitar Romantic is the only studio album by American rock band The Exploding Hearts; it was released both by Dirtnap Records and Screaming Apple Records in 2003.
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|5|5}}{{cite web|first=Tim|last=Sendra|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/guitar-romantic-mw0000021156|title=Guitar Romantic – The Exploding Hearts|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=January 31, 2012}}
|rev2 = Pitchfork
|rev2score = 8.8/10{{cite web|first=Matt|last=LeMay|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2875-guitar-romantic/|title=The Exploding Hearts: Guitar Romantic|website=Pitchfork|date=April 8, 2003|access-date=January 31, 2012}}
| rev3 = Robert Christgau
| rev3Score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm1}}{{cite web|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=5250&name=The+Exploding+Hearts|title=Robert Christgau: CG: The Exploding Hearts|website=www.robertchristgau.com}}
| rev4 = Stylus Magazine
| rev4Score = C{{cite web|first=Andrew|last=Unterberger|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/the-exploding-hearts/guitar-romantic.htm|title=The Exploding Hearts – Guitar Romantic – Review|website=Stylus Magazine|date=September 1, 2003|access-date=January 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211259/https://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/the-exploding-hearts/guitar-romantic.htm|archive-date=March 3, 2016}}
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| Pitchfork
| style="text-align:center;"| US | The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s{{cite web|date=October 2, 2009|title=The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/7710-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-20-1/?page=8|access-date=January 15, 2022|website=Pitchfork|page=8}} | 2009 | style="text-align:center;"| 60 |
Pitchfork listed the song "Modern Kicks" at 290 in its list of "The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s".{{cite web|date=August 16, 2009|title=Staff Lists: The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s: 500–201|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7685-the-top-500-tracks-of-the-2000s-500-201/2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229080245/https://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7685-the-top-500-tracks-of-the-2000s-500-201/2/|archive-date=February 29, 2016|access-date=January 31, 2012|website=Pitchfork}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| title1 = Modern Kicks
| writer1 = Adam Cox, Jeremy Gage, Terry Six
| length1 = 3:18
| title2 = I'm a Pretender
| writer2 = King Louie Bankston, Cox
| length2 = 2:31
| title3 = Thorns in Roses
| writer3 = Bankston, Cox
| length3 = 2:42
| title4 = You're Black & Blue
| writer4 = Cox
| length4 = 2:05
| title5 = Sleeping Aides & Razorblades
| writer5 = Bankston, Cox
| length5 = 2:36
| title6 = Rumours in Town
| writer6 = Bankston, Cox
| length6 = 2:32
| title7 = Throwaway Style
| writer7 = Bankston, Cox
| length7 = 2:58
| title8 = Boulevard Trash
| writer8 = Bankston, Cox
| length8 = 2:10
| title9 = Jailbird
| writer9 = Bankston, Cox, Six
| length9 = 3:37
| title10 = Still Crazy
| writer10 = Cox, Gage, Six
| length10 = 4:04
}}