''Delaware'' is the debut

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by American

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band

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. It was released on June 19, 1992 by

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issued the album, along with the single "Winona", in the United Kingdom the same year. On April 20, 2009, ''Delaware'' was reissued by

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with four bonus tracks from the band's 1992 EP ''Your Aquarium''. In 2016, ''

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'' ranked ''Delaware'' at number 45 on its list of the 50 best

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albums of all time.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Drop Nineteens * Greg Ackell – guitar, vocals *

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– vocals, guitar * Chris Roof – drums * Motohiro Yasue – guitar * Steve Zimmerman – bass Production * Vincent Buckholtz II – mixing,

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(assistant) * Paul Degooyer –

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, 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

References

External links

* 1992 debut albums Drop Nineteens albums Caroline Records albums Hut Records albums {{1990s-album-stub