1990 (Daniel Johnston album)

1990
Studio album by Daniel Johnston
Released	January 1990
Recorded	1988
Label	Shimmy Disc
Producer	Kramer
Daniel Johnston chronology
It's Spooky (1989) 1990 (1990) Artistic Vice (1991)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

1990 is the eleventh album by American singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston. It was released in January 1990,^[2] through record label Shimmy Disc.

Background

It was originally intended that all tracks would be first studio recordings. However, Johnston's ongoing problems with mental illness prevented him completing an album's worth of sessions. As a result, the album is compiled from studio recordings, home recordings and live performances. Johnston alludes to this in the film The Angel and Daniel Johnston – Live at the Union Chapel when he mentions that the album had originally intended to be called 1989, but they had not been able to release it that year.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Daniel Johnston, except as noted. 

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Devil Town"		1:05
2.	"Spirit World Rising"		6:14
3.	"Held the Hand"		1:42
4.	"Lord Give Me Hope"		6:25
5.	"Some Things Last a Long Time"	Jad Fair, Johnston	4:54
6.	"Tears Stupid Tears" (live at CBGB)		3:27
7.	"Don't Play Cards with Satan" (live at CBGB)		4:23
8.	"True Love Will Find You in the End"		1:51
9.	"Got to Get You into My Life"	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	4:26
10.	"Careless Soul" (live at Hoboken, New Jersey)	James H. Stanley	2:23
11.	"Funeral Home" (live at Pier Platters, Hoboken, New Jersey)	based on "Cadillac Ranch" by Bruce Springsteen[3]	3:13
12.	"Softly and Tenderly"	Will Lamartine Thompson	4:50

Personnel

• Daniel Johnston – all other instruments, front cover painting (Hope)

Additional personnel

• Lee Ranaldo – performance on "Spirit World Rising"
• Steve Shelley – performance on "Spirit World Rising"
• Kramer (Mark Kramer) – performance on "Some Things Last a Long Time", production, engineering

Technical

• Macioce – sleeve photography

References

1. Cook, Stephen. "1990 – Daniel Johnston : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. AllRovi. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
2. Yazdani, Tarssa; Goede, Don (2006). Hi, How Are You?: The Life, Art, & Music of Daniel Johnston (2nd ed.). Last Gasp. ISBN 0-86719-667-X.
3. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-09-19/features/0609190189_1_devil-and-daniel-johnston-jeff-feuerzeig-satan

External links

• 1990 at Discogs (list of releases)