Beam Me Up!

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Beam Me Up!
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Studio album by
Released2010
Label Hazelwood Records
Daniel Johnston chronology
Is and Always Was
(2009)
Beam Me Up!
(2010)
Space Ducks
(2012)

Beam Me Up! is the eighteenth and final studio album by Daniel Johnston released in 2010. [1]

Track listing

All songs written by Daniel Johnston.

  1. "Sarah Drove Around In Her Car"
  2. "Syrup Of Tears"
  3. "Must"
  4. "True Love Will Find You In The End"
  5. "Wicked World"
  6. "Mask"
  7. "Try To Love"
  8. "Devil Town"
  9. "Love Enchanted"
  10. "Walking the Cow"
  11. "Last Song"
  12. "The Beatles"

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References

  1. Houle, Zachary (June 17, 2010). "Daniel Johnston and BEAM: Beam Me Up!!". PopMatters . Retrieved November 13, 2019.