Delaware (album)
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| Released | June 19, 1992 | |||
| Studio | Downtown (Boston, Massachusetts) | |||
| Genre | Shoegaze | |||
| Length | 43:15 | |||
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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]
On April 20, 2009, Delaware was reissued by Cherry Red Records with four bonus tracks from the band's 1992 EP Your Aquarium.[4]
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
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [8] |
| NME | 8/10[9] |
| Pitchfork | 7.5/10[10] |
| Record Collector | [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. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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
