Drop Nineteens Songs Ranked

Drop Nineteens is an American, Boston-based shoegaze band active from 1991 to 1995. They were one of the few U.S.-based bands who styled themselves on England’s distinctive shoegaze sound, taking their inspiration from bands such as My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Th’ Faith Healers, and Bleach. The Band Received its name from a childhood memory of Greg Ackell who would drop things off the terrace of his apartment, where he lived on the 19th floor. The band was formed by former classmates Greg Ackell (vocals, guitar) and Chris Roof (drums), who recruited Paula Kelley (vocals, guitar), Steve Zimmerman (bass), and Motohiro Yasue (guitar). The music of Drop Nineteens featured prominently in the American comedy television series The Adventures of Pete & Pete. British songwriter Owen Tromans included a song about Ackell and Drop Nineteens, entitled “Greg”, on his 2013 EP For Haden. Here are all of Drop Nineteens songs ranked.

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10. Reberrymemberer (Delaware, 1992)

““Amazing construction. There so much energy, it’s just make me feel happy. A really great song with a great interaction of a lot of instruments judiciously used. My favorite one on Delaware.”

9. (Plus Fish Dream) (Delaware, 1992)

“The instrumentation, the lyrics, the delivery are just perfect. It has so much meaning, politically and religiously speaking. I think we should all learn from the band’s message in this song… a powerful chorus that make us better people, couldn’t ask for more.””

8. Ease It Halen (Delaware, 1992)

“The second track to Drop Nineteens’ Debut Album is a slow and dreamy tune contrasting the energetic Delaware and Winona. The song is a tribute the band Van Halen and its lyrics are a collage of Van Halen song titles.”

7. Happen (Delaware, 1992)

“One of the coolest indie song of our time. The music catchy & pretty awesome. The lyrics are just brilliant. Good chord progression, lyrics, instrumentation, vocals, really good vibe. Really there are no faults with this song. It’s fantastic.”

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6. My Aquarium (Delaware, 1992)

“That feeling of hearing a song for the first time and being half slept, is awesome, not the first time I felt like this, but definitely a special one, the nostalgia, the eeriness, I was thinking it was a song from a Japanese band I like, but no. The spoken part felt like some type of advice or instruction, like a commentary about the album, I don’t know.”

5. Angel (Delaware, 1992)

“Every time it shows up on my Spotify playlist (and that’s a couple of thousand tracks) it goes on repeat at least 5 times. Indeed: best Madonna cover ever. Would’ve loved to have seen them live, I saw just about everybody else in the nineties ..”

4 Delaware (Delaware, 1992)

“Slowdive is more ambient and drop nineteens has more alternative rock in their style besides mayfield. You can’t compare the two. I personaly like drop nineteens more this is one of my all time favorite albums every song is amazing.”

3. Baby Wonder’s Gone (Delaware, 1992)

“The first time I heard this I had to listen to it again right after to be sure I heard it correctly through the trance it put me in. By all logic this song should not work; its tempo fluctuates, its note precision is shoddy, but in the end, that’s the point. Raw emotion so powerful that it doesn’t just interpret the music, it rewrites it.”

2. Winona (Delaware, 1992)

“I feel an indescribable rush of emotions when I hear that riff that opens and closes the song. It’s like a longing for an idealized version of the past and a realization of an uncertain future. Nostalgia, joy, confusion, regret, bliss, a sense of wonder for how large the universe is and how everything we feel is such a small part of it. All within seconds. It’s perfect.”

1. Kick The Tragedy (Delaware, 1992)

“The best thing about shoegaze is feeling trapped in a hurricane with a lot of sweet noise, which keeps you warm but you can still feel the sharpness of the cold, something that makes you nostalgic for who you are and where you are going, alone or with someone else, it doesn’t matter, nobody is going to stop you anymore.”