Late Great Daniel Johnston:discovered (2004)

Artist: Daniel Johnston
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Label: FONTANA
UPC: 00854882200344
Release Date: 12/18/2007
Buy.com Sku: 205866531
Item#: M3TSVT
Format:  CD


Song Listing
 
Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. My Life Is Starting Over Again ~ (with Teenage Fanclub/Jad Fair)------
2. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Your Grievience ~ (with Clem Snide)------
3. Impossible Love ~ (with Gordon Gano)------
4. Living Life ~ (with Eels)------
5. Walking the Cow ~ (with TV On The Radio)------
6. Good Morning You------
7. Sorry Entertainer ~ (with Calvin Johnson)------
8. Devil Town ~ (with Bright Eyes)------
9. Dream Scream ~ (with Death Cab For Cutie)------
10. True Love Will Find You in the End ~ (with Beck)------
11. Go ~ (with Sparklehorse/The Flaming Lips)------
12. Blue Clouds ~ (with Mercury Rev)------
13. Love Not Dead ~ (with Thistle)------
14. Like a Monkey in a Zoo ~ (with Vic Chesnutt)------
15. Dead Lovers Twisted Heart ~ (with Starlight Mints)------
16. Story of an Artist ~ (with M. Ward)------
17. Sun Shines Down on Me, The ~ (with Guster)------
18. King Kong ~ (with Tom Waits)------
Disc 2
Song TitleSample
1. My Life Is Starting Over Again------
2. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Your Grievience------
3. Impossible Love------
4. Living Life------
5. Walking the Cow------
6. Good Morning You------
7. Sorry Entertainer------
8. Devil Town------
9. Dream Scream------
10. True Love Will Find You in the End------
11. Go------
12. Blue Clouds------
13. Love Not Dead------
14. Like a Monkey in the Zoo------
15. Dead Lovers Twisted Heart------
16. Story of an Artist------
17. Sun Shines Down on Me, The------
18. King Kong------
19. Rock This Town------


 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Personnel: Daniel Johnston (vocals, various instruments, guitar).
Despite its title, this 2004 tribute/best-of collection finds singer/songwriter Daniel Johnston alive and relatively well. (Johnston has struggled with mental illness that sometimes leads to erratic behavior.) The first part of this two-disc set presents a remarkable array of admiring artists, including Tom Waits and Death Cab for Cutie, covering Johnston's songs. Some renditions--particularly Calvin Johnson's vocals-and-percussion-only "Sorry Entertainer," Beck's Dylan-esque acoustic "True Love Will Find You in the End," and M. Ward's gorgeous "Story of an Artist"--stick closer to Johnston's minimal arrangements. Other versions opt for a much fuller sound, particularly Mercury Rev's dreamy take on "Blue Clouds," and "Go," a wonderful Sparklehorse/Flaming Lips collaboration that highlights the notable similarities between respective frontmen Mark Linkous and Wayne Coyne. The second disc features Johnston's original recordings of every song on the first disc, along with a new tune, "Rock This Town." Although some may find Johnston's high-pitched yelp and rudimentary guitar and piano playing bewildering, his quirky, unaffected aesthetic is exactly what drew the aforementioned performers to contribute to this excellent compilation in the first place.

Producer: Dick Johnston (Compilation)

 
Compilation Appearances
Musics In The Margin
Late Great Daniel Johnston:discovered

 
Associated Artists and Works
Fair, Jad
It's Spooky ~ Fair, Jad
Hyperjinx Tricycle
McCarty, K.
Dead Dog's Eyeball: Songs Of Daniel Johnston ~ McCarty, K.
McCarty, Kathy
I Killed The Monster: 21 Artists Performing The Mu ~ Various Artists

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 12/11/2007
Original Release Date : 2004
Catalog ID : 114
Label : High Wire Music
Number of Discs : 2
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00854882200344

 
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (p.96)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "[A] thoughtful tribute album....His songs stand strong and tall."

Uncut (p.125)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "[T]his collection is near faultless..."

Mojo (Publisher)
(p.95)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "[The album] ropes together Americana's finest to recast just 18 of Johnston's homemade originals."

  
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