Daniel Johnston discography

Daniel Johnston discography
Johnston in 2010
Studio albums	18
EPs	3
Live albums	5
Compilation albums	5
Tribute albums	7
Home recorded	11

This is a list of the discography of Daniel Johnston, who lived in Austin, Texas.

Handmade cassettes

Before the production of 'Yip/Jump Music' in 1983, Johnston had no way to copy his albums, and so each copy would be an entirely unique recording. The standardised copies of these albums were released when Stress Records purchased Johnston's back catalog in 1986.

List of handmade cassettes, with selected details

Title	Album details	Notes
Songs of Pain	Released: 1981 Labels: Self-released (Standardized by Stress Records in 1988) Formats: Cassette, CD, LP, CD-R (See #Release history)
Don't Be Scared	Released: July 1982 Labels: Self-released (Standardized by Stress Records in 1986) Formats: Cassette, CD-R, CD, LP (See #Release history)
The What of Whom	Released: August 1982 Labels: Self-released (Standardized by Stress Records in 1987) Formats: Cassette, CD-R, CD, LP (See #Release history)
Ugly Music	Released: August 1982 Label: Self-released Formats: Cassette	Handmade alternate version of Songs of Pain
More Songs of Pain	Released: 1983 Labels: Self-released (Standardized by Stress Records in 1988) Formats: Cassette, CD, LP, CD-R (See #Release history)
Someday You're Gonna Make It, Joe	Released: February 1983 Label: Self-released Formats: Cassette	Lost alternate version of More Songs of Pain
Yip/Jump Music	Released: August 1983 Label: Stress Formats: Cassette, CD, LP, CD-R (See #Release history)
Hi, How Are You	Released: September 1983 Label: Stress Formats: Cassette, CD, LP, CD-R (See #Release history)
Retired Boxer	Released: December 1984 Label: Stress Formats: Cassette, CD (See #Release history)
Respect	Released: January 1985 Label: Stress Formats: Cassette, 10" vinyl, CD-R, CD (See #Release history)
Continued Story	Released: December 1985 Label: Stress Formats: Cassette, LP, CD (See #Release history) Initially released as a cassette exclusive.
Merry Christmas	Released: December 1988 Label: Stress Formats: Cassette

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details

Title	Album details
1990	Released: January 1990 Label: Shimmy-Disc
Artistic Vice	Released: 1991 Label: Shimmy-Disc First Johnston album made entirely of studio recordings.
Fun	Released: September 20, 1994 Label: Atlantic
Rejected Unknown	Released: October 9, 2001 Label: Gammon
Fear Yourself	Released: 2003 Label: Gammon
Lost and Found	Released: April 2006 Label: Sketchbook
Is and Always Was	Released: October 6, 2009 Label: Eternal Yip Eye Music
Space Ducks	Released: 2012 Label: Eternal Yip Eye Music

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected details

Title	Album details
Live at South by Southwest	Released: 1991 Label: Stress Format: Cassette
Frankenstein Love	Released: 1998 Label: Stress Format: Cassette
Why Me?	Released: 2000 Label: Trikont
Live@Albertstudios	Released: 2010 Label: Albert Music
Normal	Released: 2013 Label: Teen Arena
Chicago 2017	Released: 2020 Label: dBpm

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected details

Title	Release details
Laurie	Released: 1992 Label: Seminal Twang
Happy Time	Released: 1994 Label: Seed Format: 7" vinyl
Sinning Is Easy	Released: 2002 Label: Pickled Egg Format: 7" vinyl

Singles

List of singles, with selected details

Title	Release details
"Dream Scream"	Released: 1998 Label: Pickled Egg Format: 7" vinyl
"Impossible Love"	Released: 2001
"Mountain Top"	Released: 2003 Label: Rough Trade Format: 7"
"Fish"	Released: 2003 Label: Sketchbook Format: 7"

Side projects and collaborations

Danny and the Nightmares

Title	Release details
Danny and the Nightmares	Released: 1999 Label: Eternal Yip Eye
The End Is Near Again	Released: 2003 Label: Cool Beans
Freak Brain	Released: 2005 Label: Sympathy
The Death of Satan	Released: 2013 Label: Munster

Daniel Johnston and the Rhythm Rats

Title	Release details
Big Big World	Released: 1991 Label: Seminal Twang

Collaborations

Jad Fair

• It's Spooky (50 Skidillion Watts, 1989; reissued on Jagjaguwar, 2001)
• The Lucky Sperms:Somewhat Humorous (with Chris Bultman; Jagjaguwar, 2001)

Yo La Tengo

• Speeding Motorcycle single (1990)

Hyperjinx Tricycle

• Hyperjinx Tricycle (Important Records, 2000)

• "Long Lost Love" single (2002)
• Alien Mind Control 3" CD (Important Records, 2003)

Okkervil River

• "Happy Hearts" off the album Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See (Jagjaguwar, 2002)

Rule of Thirds

• "Rin Tin Soldier" (Eternal Yip Eye Music, 2003)

Jack Medicine

• The Electric Ghosts (Important Records, 2006)

Mark Linkous

• Fear Yourself (Coppertree Records UK, Ltd Ed 180g vinyl, 2008)

Beam

• Beam Me Up! (Hazelwood, 2010)

Other appearances

• spoken word performance on the track "Love is a fascist invention" on the Alpine Those Myriads album "yr royal jetlag gospel" (Osito Records, 2003)
• with Kraig Mc Govern and on a live track recorded in Dublin July 2008
• with the Swell Season on January 31, 2009, Austin City Limits (previously recorded on September 28, 2008) to perform the song "Life in Vain"

Compilations and tribute albums

• The Lost Recordings (Stress Records, recorded 1983, released 1992) cassette
• The Lost Recordings II (Stress Records, recorded 1983, released 1992) cassette
• A Texas Trip - contributed two songs (Caroline Records, 1987)
• Please Don't Feed The Ego (Eternal Yip Eye Music, 1994)
• Dead Dog's Eyeball: Songs of Daniel Johnston , by Kathy McCarty (1994)
• My So-Called Life - contributed "Come See Me Tonight" (1995)
• Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks - contributed "Unpack Your Adjectives" (1996)
• The Early Recordings of Daniel Johnston Volume 1 (Dualtone, 2003) - Reissue of Songs of Pain and More Songs of Pain
• The Sun Shines Down On Me by Gerry Nobody (2003)
• The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered (Gammon Records, 2004) - Tribute album along with disc of original versions plus one new song
• White Magic: From The Cassette Archives 1979–1989 (Eternal Yip Eye Music, 2004)
• I Killed the Monster: 21 Artists Performing the Songs of Daniel Johnston (2006) - Tribute album featuring contributions from Sufjan Stevens, Mike Watt, Jad Fair and Kimya Dawson
• Apskaft Tribute To Daniel Johnston (The Sound Of Apskaft, 2011)
• 50minutes (EXERCISE1 Recordings, 2006)
• Welcome To My World (Eternal Yip Eye Music, 2006)
• My Yoke Is Heavy: The Songs of Daniel Johnston by Adrian Crowley and James Yorkston (Chemikal Underground, 2013)
• Strange Boy, a remake of Retired Boxer by Kate Davis (Solitaire Recordings, 2021)

Films

• The Devil and Daniel Johnston
• The Angel and Daniel Johnston - Live at the Union Chapel
• Daniel Johnston at Home LIVE recorded live in Waller Texas 1999 (Stephen Tompkins, Digital Download video/mp3 release 2009)