1990 (studio album) by Daniel Johnston

1990 by Daniel Johnston
Year: 1990
Overall rank: 2,691st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 110 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1990 (43rd)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (478th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,691st)
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Daniel Johnston bestography

1990 is ranked 2nd best out of 30 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 2045 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 812.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 110 votes)
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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 77.3/100, a mean average of 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.

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90/100
From 03/04/2021 04:32
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.
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From 03/01/2018 13:06
A tricky one...

...but this album just reminded me why I love music. It cuts deep.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 08/03/2017 08:20
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.
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95/100
From 07/31/2016 15:36
Fractured and hard to listen to. I wouldn't have it any other way.
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From 05/11/2016 00:59
A brilliant, raw tear-jerker of an album by the schizophrenic king of lo-fi music and imo the best Daniel Johnston album
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70/100
From 04/11/2016 15:52
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.
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From 09/12/2014 11:39
Absolute quality. Johnstons a genius at work and this his best work of all.
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90/100
From 04/24/2014 22:01
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.
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From 03/03/2014 23:41
Hugely carefree and highly imaginative. I won't be saying anymore. This albums fun. Go put it on!
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From 01/30/2014 23:36
Fucking raw, how the hell is this ranked so low? This man is a legend and this is his magnum opus. All tracks are killer.
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