Delaware (album)

Delaware is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Drop Nineteens. It was released on June 19, 1992 by Caroline Records.[4] Hut Records issued the album, along with the single "Winona", in the United Kingdom the same year.[5][6]

Delaware
Studio album by
Drop Nineteens
ReleasedJune 19, 1992 (1992-06-19)
StudioDowntown (Boston, Massachusetts)
GenreShoegaze
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
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
NME8/10[2]
Record Collector[3]

On April 20, 2009, Delaware was reissued by Cherry Red Records with four bonus tracks from the band's 1992 EP Your Aquarium.[7] In 2016, Pitchfork ranked Delaware at number 45 on its list of the 50 best shoegaze albums of all time.[8]

Artwork

The artwork for Delaware features a young girl holding a revolver in front of a barber shop.[9] 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.[10] Additionally, the band's friend Phil, who was mentioned in the song "Kick the Tragedy", died from a gun-related incident.[11]

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.[12]

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)[13] 5

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


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