Songs of Pain
| Songs of Pain | ||||
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A 1988 Stress Records copy | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1980–1981 | |||
| Studio | The Johnston Residence's Basement, West Virginia | |||
| Length | 56:29 | |||
| Label | Stress Records (1988) | |||
| Producer | Daniel Johnston | |||
| Daniel Johnston chronology | ||||
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| CD-R | ||||
Eternal Yip Eye Music CD-R cover, 2019 | ||||
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Pitchfork Media | 8.0/10 |
Songs of Pain is the first album by folk singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston, recorded on a simple tape recorder and released on Compact Cassette. Johnston recorded these songs in the basement of his parents' house in West Virginia. Johnston recorded the tape between 1980 and 1981, and it was later mass produced on cassette by Stress Records in 1988, and on Compact Disc in 2003 by the label Dual Tone, together with More Songs of Pain as Early Recordings Volume 1.