Don't Be Scared (studio album) by Daniel Johnston

Don't Be Scared by Daniel Johnston
Year: 1982
Overall rank: 7,157th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 54 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1982 (116th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,079th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,157th)
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Daniel Johnston bestography

Don't Be Scared is ranked 5th 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 2034 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 822.

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Songs Of PainDon't Be ScaredDon't Be Scared

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73/100 (from 54 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.8/100, a mean average of 71.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.4.

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From 05/12/2016 13:59
As a big Daniel fan, I find this album a nice middle ground between his lighter, piano driven early work (Songs of Pain) and the dark, scattered sound to come (Hi How Are You, Yip/Jump). My Yoke is Heavy and The Story of an Artist are some of my favorites, too.
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From 07/11/2014 13:47
a) It's not a band
b) It's music
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