1990
by Daniel Johnston
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Daniel Johnston bestography
1990 is ranked 2nd best out of 29 albums by Daniel Johnston on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Daniel Johnston is Hi, How Are You: The Unfinished Album which is ranked number 2145 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 774.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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1990 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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1990 rankings
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1990 ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/07/2026 04:28 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,418 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/23/2026 02:03 |  imacgill | 2,807 | 79/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2026 09:42 | Leginlists | 3,753 | 83/100 |
| ! | 11/29/2025 03:40 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2025 04:54 | MaxStorm98 | 3,798 | 89/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.5/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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I always get really emotional when listening to this (Edited)
LebowskiRams 03/04/2021 04:32 | #266938
This album reminds me of playing guitar, saxophone and drums in my basement as a kid.
This rawness, this genuineness, this emotion...this is what music is about.
A tricky one...
...but this album just reminded me why I love music. It cuts deep. (Edited)
JulianR 08/03/2017 08:20 | #195432 | TOP COMMENT
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I just dont know. I - ... ya I just dont know. There is no reference point for anything like this. Daniel skipped the music part of music and jumped right to the message and the emotion. (Edited)
Mattdup279 07/31/2016 15:36 | #172029
Fractured and hard to listen to. I wouldn't have it any other way.
A brilliant, raw tear-jerker of an album by the schizophrenic king of lo-fi music and imo the best Daniel Johnston album
This is so lo-fi it's probably better to call it 'no-fi'. You can hear background noise while DJ crudely plays and even more crudely sings. Strangely, it works somewhat, and isn't as terrible as that combination implies.
Absolute quality. Johnstons a genius at work and this his best work of all.
meccalecca 04/24/2014 22:01 | #109993 | TOP COMMENT
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While you were busy painting your masterpiece, a five year old sat down with some crayons and made something far more creative and emotional than your work can ever become.
Hugely carefree and highly imaginative. I won't be saying anymore. This albums fun. Go put it on!
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