Delaware (album)

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Delaware
Delaware album cover by Drop Nineteens 1992.jpg
Studio album by
Drop Nineteens
ReleasedJune 19, 1992 (1992-06-19)
Studio Downtown (Boston, Massachusetts)
Genre Shoegaze
Length43:15
Label
Producer
  • Drop Nineteens
  • Paul Degooyer
Drop Nineteens chronology
Mayfields
(1991)		Delaware
(1992)		Your Aquarium
(1992)
Singles from Delaware
  1. "Winona"
    Released: 1992

Delaware is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Drop Nineteens. It was released on June 19, 1992, by Caroline Records. [1] Hut Records issued the album, along with the single "Winona", in the United Kingdom the same year. [2] [3]

Contents

On April 20, 2009, Delaware was reissued by Cherry Red Records with four bonus tracks from the band's 1992 EP Your Aquarium. [4]

Artwork

The artwork for Delaware features a young girl holding a revolver in front of a barber shop. [5] When the album was reissued in 2024, the band chose to replace the revolver in the image with a flower because of the prevalence of gun violence in the United States, donating a portion of its sales to the Artist for Action charity. [6] Additionally, the band's friend Phil, who was mentioned in the song "Kick the Tragedy", died from a gun-related incident. [7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
NME 8/10 [9]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [10]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Vox 8/10 [12]

The New York Times noted that the band's "use of atonal chords, excessive distortion and mumbled non sequiturs can be traced back to Sonic Youth's 1988 album Daydream Nation ." [13]

In 2016, Pitchfork ranked Delaware at number 45 on its list of the 50 best shoegaze albums of all time. [14]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Greg Ackell, except where noted; all music is composed by Ackell, Paula Kelley, Chris Roof, Motohiro Yasue and Steve Zimmerman, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Delaware"4:59
2."Ease It Halen"3:54
3."Winona"3:27
4."Kick the Tragedy"8:53
5."Baby Wonder's Gone"3:06
6."Happen"3:39
7."Reberrymemberer"4:36
8."Angel" (lyrics and music by Madonna and Stephen Bray)5:19
9."My Aquarium"3:00
10."(Plus Fish Dream)"2:22
Total length:43:15
2009 reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Nausea"2:50
12."Movie"4:32
13."Mandy" (lyrics and music by Scott English and Richard Kerr)5:08
14."My Aquarium (2nd Time Around)"3:09
Total length:58:54

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [15]

Drop Nineteens

  • Greg Ackell – guitar, vocals
  • Paula Kelley – vocals, guitar
  • Chris Roof – drums
  • Motohiro Yasue – guitar
  • Steve Zimmerman – bass

Production

  • Vincent Buckholtz II – mixing, recording (assistant)
  • Paul Degooyer – production, mixing, recording
  • Drop Nineteens – production
  • Dave Snider – recording
  • Jennifer Spaziani – mixing (assistant)
  • Jeff Way – mixing (assistant)

Design

  • Petrisse Brièl – photography
  • Ellie Hughes – design
  • Tom Hughes – design
  • Turlach MacDonagh – photography

Charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [16] 5

References

  1. ↑ Kenney, Edward L. (July 28, 1992). "Delaware is matter of record". The News Journal .
  2. ↑ Delaware (press advertisement). Hut Records. 1992. Archived from the original on May 7, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  3. ↑ Winona (press advertisement). Hut Records. 1992. Archived from the original on May 7, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Drop Nineteens". Cherry Red Records. Archived from the original on May 15, 2009. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Drop Everything, There's A New Drop Nineteens Album". Stereogum. 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  6. ↑ "Drop Nineteens Share Cover Of Lana Del Rey's "White Dress": Listen". Stereogum. 2024-03-28. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  7. ↑ "Drop Nineteens Are Back in the Driver's Seat".
  8. ↑ Raggett, Ned. "Delaware – Drop Nineteens". AllMusic . Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  9. ↑ Williams, Simon (August 8, 1992). "Drop Nineteens: Delaware". NME . p. 29.
  10. ↑ Shoup, Brad (February 15, 2025). "Drop Nineteens: 1991 / Delaware". Pitchfork . Retrieved February 16, 2025.
  11. ↑ Bent, Grahame (July 2009). "Delaware | Drop Nineteens". Record Collector . No. 364. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  12. ↑ Pattenden, Mike (September 1992). "Drop Nineteens: Delaware". Vox . No. 24. p. 59.
  13. ↑ Schoemer, Karen (August 20, 1992). "Pop and Jazz in Review". The New York Times . p. C18.
  14. ↑ "The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time". Pitchfork . October 24, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  15. ↑ Delaware (liner notes). Drop Nineteens. Caroline Records. 1992. CAROL 1723-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  16. ↑ "The Independent Charts: Albums" (PDF). Music Week . August 22, 1992. p. 18. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
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