Pawn Shoppe Heart

Pawn Shoppe Heart
Studio album by
The Von Bondies
ReleasedMarch 9, 2004
Recorded2003 Sausalito Sound, The Plant and Studio D Recording (Sausalito, CA)
Ghetto Recorders Studio (Detroit, MI)
GenreAlternative rock, indie rock, garage rock, punk blues
Length40:46
LabelSire Records
Producer
The Von Bondies chronology
Raw and Rare
(2003) 		Pawn Shoppe Heart
(2004) 		Love, Hate and Then There's You
(2009)
Singles from Pawn Shoppe Heart
  1. "C'mon C'mon"
    Released: March 9, 2004
  2. "Tell Me What You See"
    Released: 2004
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blender[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[4]
The Guardian[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
Pitchfork7.9/10[7]
Q[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
SpinA[10]
Uncut[11]

Pawn Shoppe Heart is the major-label debut of American garage rock revival band The Von Bondies, and their second album, released in 2004.

The record was met with critical acclaim, and helped lend even further voice to the Detroit garage punk underground brought to mainstream success by The White Stripes two years prior. The record has an average score of 80/100 on Metacritic.[1] On the last track, after the three-minute silence following "Pawn Shoppe Heart", there's a hidden track: a cover of "Try a Little Tenderness", a song made popular by Otis Redding.

A shortened version of "C'mon C'mon" was the theme song for the American comedy-drama television show, Rescue Me. It is featured on the video games Burnout 3: Takedown and MVP Baseball 2004. The track "Mairead" is about Queens of Noize DJ Mairead Nash,[citation needed] who has been associated with Jason Stollsteimer. MLB Network uses a brief clip of "C'mon C'mon" as the opening of their show 30 Clubs in 30 Days. "C'mon C'mon" was also released as downloadable content for Rock Band and Rock Band 2 on March 31, 2009 for Xbox 360 and April 2, 2009 for PS3. This track became available as DLC for the Wii version of Rock Band 2 on April 7, 2009 for $2 (200 Wii Points).

  1. ^ a b "Reviews for Pawn Shoppe Heart by The Von Bondies". Metacritic. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  2. ^ Phares, Heather. "Pawn Shoppe Heart – The Von Bondies". AllMusic. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  3. ^ Smith, RJ (April 2004). "The Von Bondies: Pawn Shoppe Heart". Blender (25): 136. Archived from the original on October 26, 2004. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  4. ^ Browne, David (March 12, 2004). "Pawn Shoppe Heart". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on July 20, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  5. ^ Sweeting, Adam (February 6, 2004). "The Von Bondies, Pawn Shoppe Heart". The Guardian. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  6. ^ Cromelin, Richard (March 7, 2004). "A too tame heart". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  7. ^ Petrusich, Amanda (March 3, 2004). "The Von Bondies: Pawn Shoppe Heart". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  8. ^ "The Von Bondies: Pawn Shoppe Heart". Q (211): 96. February 2004.
  9. ^ Relic, Peter (February 26, 2004). "The Von Bondies: Pawn Shoppe Heart". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  10. ^ Beaujon, Andrew (March 2004). "The Von Bondies: Pawn Shoppe Heart". Spin. 20 (3): 92–93. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  11. ^ "The Von Bondies – Pawn Shoppe Heart". Uncut (82): 87. March 2004. Archived from the original on September 29, 2006. Retrieved July 20, 2019.