Fun

by Daniel Johnston

Fun cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 13 September 1994
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 46:02
  • Community rating: 3.87/5 from 7 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Signed to a major label while residing in a mental institution, the beloved outsider artist released his most sonically polished record under the production of Butthole Surfers' Paul Leary. The album adorns Johnston's achingly sincere, heartbreaking piano and acoustic ballads with a full rock backing band, contrasting his fragile worldview with sturdy indie rock arrangements.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, Lo Fi, melodic, unpolished, candid, lo-fi, piano, DIY, unconventional

Tracklist

  1. Love Wheel (2:19)
  2. Life in Vain (3:22)
  3. Crazy Love (1:12)
  4. Catie (2:30)
  5. Happy Time (2:54)
  6. Mind Contorted (2:55)
  7. Jelly Beans (1:23)
  8. Foxy Girl (4:24)
  9. Sad Sac & Tarzan (3:07)
  10. Psycho Nightmare (2:05)
  11. Silly Love (1:31)
  12. Circus Man (1:29)
  13. Love Will See You Through (2:07)
  14. Lousy Weekend (2:06)
  15. Delusion & Confusion (2:43)
  16. When I Met You (0:55)
  17. My Little Girl (4:07)
  18. Rock 'n' Roll / EGA (4:44)

Credits

  • Daniel Johnston - primary artist, artwork [front cover + illustration], written-by, vocals, vocals, electric piano [rhodes], vocals, keyboards, vocals, guitar
  • King Coffey - drums, tambourine
  • Sandy Smallens - bass
  • John Hagen - cello
  • Regina Carter - violin
  • Bobbie Nelson - piano

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