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]
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| Released | June 19, 1992 | |||
| Studio | Downtown (Boston, Massachusetts) | |||
| Genre | Shoegaze | |||
| Length | 43:15 | |||
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| Drop Nineteens chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Delaware | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| NME | 8/10[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]
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.[9]
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 |
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| UK Independent Albums (OCC)[10] | 5 |
References
- Raggett, Ned. "Delaware – Drop Nineteens". AllMusic. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- Williams, Simon (August 8, 1992). "Drop Nineteens: Delaware". NME. p. 29.
- Bent, Grahame (July 2009). "Delaware | Drop Nineteens". Record Collector. No. 364. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- Kenney, Edward L. (July 28, 1992). "Delaware is matter of record". The News Journal.
- 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) - 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) - "Drop Nineteens". Cherry Red Records. Archived from the original on May 15, 2009. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
- "The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time". Pitchfork. October 24, 2016. p. 1. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- Delaware (liner notes). Drop Nineteens. Caroline Records. 1992. CAROL 1723-2.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - "The Independent Charts: Albums" (PDF). Music Week. August 22, 1992. p. 18. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
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