Guitar Romantic
by The Exploding Hearts
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The Exploding Hearts bestography
Guitar Romantic is ranked as the best album by The Exploding Hearts.
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Guitar Romantic track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Guitar Romantic rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 28 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Stevo796 | Top 21 Music Albums of 2003 | 1/21 | 5 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 45 Music Albums of 2003 | 41/45 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 2003 | 40/50 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 60 Music Albums of 2003 | 56/60 | 0 |
| 2026 | Stevo796 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 15/100 | 17 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #0701-0800* | 36/79 | - |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 29 Music Albums of 2003 | 28/29 | 0 |
| 2026 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 51 Music Albums of 2003 | 25/51 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 81 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 263 | |||
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Guitar Romantic ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/01/2026 09:13 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,814 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/09/2025 14:11 | TonySayers61 | 26,155 | 64/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2024 16:38 | boppare | 2,863 | 78/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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Guitar Romantic forum mentions
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Quite possibly the greatest punk album of all time.
Hayden TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/15/2011 14:01 | #28491 | TOP COMMENT
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A fantastic Indie-Punk album. The album can really only be described as 'Fun'. That's what it is, a few people rocking out on their guitars and having fun with it. As for the actual band, it's a very sad story, and may the members rest in peace.
badseed 07/25/2015 11:30 | #146398 | TOP COMMENT
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I just found out about this band on some article about music tragedies. Their write-up looked promising so I checked out this album. Very good retro-sounding pop punk album.
I could care less if it's highly influence, there's still very few bands that can even attempt to duplicate this band's sound. God rest the Exploding Hearts.
Komorebi-D 03/22/2017 10:17 | #187860 | TOP COMMENT
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At first it's really fun and then it gets really fucking good! It's amazing what can be found lingering just behind surface level.
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