Released 1983 Length 30:38 Artist Daniel Johnston Producer Daniel Johnston Genre Lo-fi music | Recorded September 1983 Hi, How Are You
(1983) Retired Boxer
(1984) Release date 1983 Label Stress Records | |
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Hi, How Are You: The Unfinished Album is the sixth self-released music cassette album by singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston, recorded in September 1983. It is arguably his most popular album. Johnston claims he was in the midst of a nervous breakdown while recording it, and calls this his "unfinished album."
Contents
The album is one of the most sonically varied of Johnston's early output. While earlier records found him focusing on piano or chord organ songs almost exclusively, this album blends both approaches along with experiments in tape and noise collage, and some tentative guitar playing. Two songs feature Johnston singing along with an instrumental LP by Johnny Dankworth.
This was the first Daniel Johnston album to be given a widely distributed release, as a vinyl LP, on Homestead Records, in 1988.
The cover of the album was also popularized by a shirt worn by Nirvana lead singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain.
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Track listing
- "Poor You" – 2:03
- "Big Business Monkey" – 2:02
- "Walking the Cow" – 3:34
- "I Picture Myself with a Guitar" – 0:45
- "Despair Came Knocking" – 2:44
- "I Am a Baby (In My Universe)" – 1:37
- "Nervous Love" – 0:18
- "I'll Never Marry" – 0:21
- "Get Yourself Together" – 0:32
- "Running Water" – 1:32
- "Desperate Man Blues" – 3:40
- "Hey Joe" – 2:44
- "She Called Pest Control" – 0:53
- "Keep Punching Joe" – 3:11
- "No More Pushing Joe Around" – 4:42
Songs
1Poor You2:03
2Big Business Monkey2:02
3Walking the Cow3:37