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Don't Be Scared (Daniel Johnston album)

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Released
  
1982

Artist
  
Daniel Johnston

Genre
  
Alternative/Indie

Label
  
Eternal Yip Eye Music

Recorded
  
July 1982

Release date
  
1982

Producer
  
Daniel Johnston

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Don't Be Scared (1982)
  
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Don't Be Scared is singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston's second self-released album, recorded and released in 1982. It was re-released on cassette in 1986 by Stress Records, a label run by Johnston's friend and manager Jeff Tartakov, on mp3 by emusic.com in 2000 and on CDR by Eternal Yip Eye Music in 2004.

Contents

"I Had Lost My Mind" features prominently in the 2006 documentary feature on Johnston's life The Devil and Daniel Johnston. The song was accompanied in the film by animation created from cels drawn by Johnston in a book that he had intended to submit to a local competition.

"The Story of an Artist" was notably covered by M. Ward.

Track listing

All songs written by Daniel Johnston.

Side one:

  1. "Going Down" – 2:57
  2. "Lost Without a Dame" – 2:58
  3. "Harley Man" – 2:03
  4. "Something More" – 3:23
  5. "Evening Stars" – 2:04
  6. "Cold Hard World" – 3:10
  7. "I Had a Dream" – 2:40
  8. "The Story of an Artist" – 5:08
  9. "My Yoke Is Heavy" – 5:53

Side two:

  1. "Stars on Parade" – 2:42
  2. "And You Love It" – 4:01
  3. "I Had Lost My Mind" – 1:46
  4. "The Sun Shines Down on Me" – 2:50
  5. "Loner" – 4:09
  6. "Don't Be Scared" – 3:20
  7. "Lullaby" – 3:12
  8. "I Was Alone" – 4:44
  9. "Mother Mom Said" – 3:37

Personnel

  • Daniel Johnston – vocals, piano
  • Songs

    1Going Down2:57
    2Lost Without a Dame2:59
    3Harley Man2:04

    References

    Don't Be Scared (Daniel Johnston album) Wikipedia