Don't Be Scared
| Don't Be Scared | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | July 1982 | |||
| Studio | The Johnston Residence's Basement, West Virginia | |||
| Genre | Blues, Outsider, Lo-fi | |||
| Length | 60:37 | |||
| Label | Self-released Stress Records Eternal Yip Eye Music | |||
| Producer | Daniel Johnston | |||
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| AllMusic | |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 5/10 |
Don't Be Scared is singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston's second self-released album, released in 1982. It was re-released on cassette in 1989 by Stress Records, a label run by Johnston's friend and manager Jeff Tartakov, on mp3 by emusic.com in 2000, and on CDR by Eternal Yip Eye Music in 2004.
"I Had Lost My Mind" features prominently in the 2005 documentary feature on Johnston's life, The Devil and Daniel Johnston. The song was accompanied in the film by animation created from cels drawn by Johnston in a book that he had intended to submit to a local competition.