Sweet Heart Dealer

{{short description|Debut album by rock band Scarling}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Sweet Heart Dealer

| type = Album

| artist = Scarling.

| cover = ScarlingSHD.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Original album artwork by Mark Ryden

| released = February 17, 2004

| recorded = 2002–2003

| venue =

| studio = June 3rd Studios and Amethyst Studios, California

| genre = {{hlist|Noise pop|gothic rock|shoegaze}}

| length = 33:18

| label = Sympathy for the Record Industry

| producer = Chris Vrenna

| next_title = So Long, Scarecrow

| next_year = 2005

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Sweet Heart Dealer

| type = studio

| single1 = Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole

| single1date = March 19, 2003{{efn-ua|7" Single. CD single released December 16, 2003.{{Citation |title=Scarling - Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/band-aid-covers-the-bullet-hole-mw0000321692 |language=en |access-date=2022-11-19}}}}

| single2 = Crispin Glover

| single2date = November 7, 2004{{cite web |url=http://www.sympathyrecords.com/news/page_2.html |title=Sympathetic News Archives |publisher=Sympathyrecords.com |date= |accessdate=2012-02-10 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184302/http://www.sympathyrecords.com/news/page_2.html |url-status=dead }}

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r676016|pure_url=yes}} link]

| rev2 = Bust (magazine)

| rev2Score = Favourable

| rev3 = ROCKRGRL

| rev3Score = Favourable

| rev5 = Venus Zine

| rev5Score = Favourable{{Cite web |last=Benvenuto |first=Andrea |date=n.d. |title=Scarling: Sweet Heart Dealer (Sympathy for the Record Industry) |url=http://venuszine.com/stories/music_reviews/783 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061020014608/http://venuszine.com/stories/music_reviews/783 |archive-date=October 20, 2006 |access-date=June 2, 2024 |website=Venus Zine}}

| noprose = yes

}}

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.

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