Delaware (album)

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Field	Value
name	Delaware
type	studio
artist	Drop Nineteens
cover	Delaware album cover by Drop Nineteens 1992.jpg
released
studio	Downtown (Boston, Massachusetts)
genre	Shoegaze
length	43:15
prev_title	Mayfields
prev_year	1991
next_title	Your Aquarium
next_year	1992
misc	{{Singles
name	Delaware
type	studio
single1	Winona
single1date	1992
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| name = Delaware | type = studio | artist = Drop Nineteens | cover = Delaware album cover by Drop Nineteens 1992.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = | studio = Downtown (Boston, Massachusetts) | genre = Shoegaze | length = 43:15 | label =

• Caroline
• Hut | producer =
• Drop Nineteens
• Paul Degooyer | prev_title = Mayfields | prev_year = 1991 | next_title = Your Aquarium | next_year = 1992 | misc = {{Singles | name = Delaware | type = studio | single1 = Winona | single1date = 1992

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

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

Artwork

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

Critical reception

| rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = | rev2 = NME | rev2score = 8/10 | rev3 = Pitchfork | rev3score = 7.5/10 | rev4 = Record Collector | rev4score = | rev5 = Vox | rev5score = 8/10

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."

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

Track listing

| all_lyrics = Greg Ackell, except where noted | all_music = Ackell, Paula Kelley, Chris Roof, Motohiro Yasue and Steve Zimmerman, except where noted | title1 = Delaware | length1 = 4:59 | title2 = Ease It Halen | length2 = 3:54 | title3 = Winona | length3 = 3:27 | title4 = Kick the Tragedy | length4 = 8:53 | title5 = Baby Wonder's Gone | length5 = 3:06 | title6 = Happen | length6 = 3:39 | title7 = Reberrymemberer | length7 = 4:36 | title8 = Angel | note8 = lyrics and music by Madonna and Stephen Bray | length8 = 5:19 | title9 = My Aquarium | length9 = 3:00 | title10 = (Plus Fish Dream) | length10 = 2:22 | total_length = 43:15 | headline = 2009 reissue bonus tracks | title11 = Nausea | length11 = 2:50 | title12 = Movie | length12 = 4:32 | title13 = Mandy | note13 = lyrics and music by Scott English and Richard Kerr | length13 = 5:08 | title14 = My Aquarium (2nd Time Around) | length14 = 3:09 | total_length = 58:54

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

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

::data[format=table] | Chart (1992) | Peak position | UK Independent Albums (OCC) | |---|---|---| | 5 | | | ::

References

References

1. Kenney, Edward L.. (July 28, 1992). "Delaware is matter of record". [[The News Journal]].
2. (1992). "Delaware". [[Hut Records]].
3. (1992). "Winona". [[Hut Records]].
4. "Drop Nineteens". [[Cherry Red Records]].
5. (2023-08-02). "Drop Everything, There's A New Drop Nineteens Album".
6. (2024-03-28). "Drop Nineteens Share Cover Of Lana Del Rey's "White Dress": Listen".
7. "Drop Nineteens Are Back in the Driver’s Seat".
8. Raggett, Ned. "Delaware – Drop Nineteens". [[AllMusic]].
9. Williams, Simon. (August 8, 1992). "Drop Nineteens: Delaware".
10. Shoup, Brad. (February 15, 2025). "Drop Nineteens: 1991 / Delaware".
11. Bent, Grahame. (July 2009). "Delaware {{!}} Drop Nineteens".
12. Pattenden, Mike. (September 1992). "Drop Nineteens: Delaware".
13. Schoemer, Karen. (August 20, 1992). "Pop and Jazz in Review". [[The New York Times]].
14. (October 24, 2016). "The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time".
15. (1992). "Delaware". [[Caroline Records]].
16. (August 22, 1992). "The Independent Charts: Albums".

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