Don't Be Scared

Don't Be Scared is singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston's second self-released album, released in 1982.[6] 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.

Don't Be Scared
Studio album by Daniel Johnston
Released	1982
Recorded	July 1982
Label	Self-released[1] Stress Records[2] Eternal Yip Eye Music
Producer	Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston chronology
Songs of Pain (1981) Don't Be Scared (1982) The What of Whom (1982)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[2]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	5/10[5]

"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.

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "disjointed, a muddy transliteration of some fine songs."[1]

"The Story of an Artist" has been particularly praised; the Tampa Bay Times called it "a heartbreaking song," while The New Yorker referred to it as "haunting."[7][8]

Track listing

All tracks written and produced by Daniel Johnston.

Side one:

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Going Down"	2:57
2.	"Lost Without a Dame"	2:58
3.	"Harley Man"	2:03
4.	"Something More"	3:23
5.	"Evening Stars"	2:04
6.	"Cold Hard World"	3:10
7.	"I Had a Dream"	2:40
8.	"The Story of an Artist"	5:08
9.	"My Yoke Is Heavy"	5:53

Side two:

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Stars on Parade"	2:42
11.	"And You Love It"	4:01
12.	"I Had Lost My Mind"	1:46
13.	"The Sun Shines Down on Me"	2:50
14.	"Loner"	4:09
15.	"Don't Be Scared"	3:20
16.	"Lullaby"	3:12
17.	"I Was Alone"	4:44
18.	"Mother Mom Said"	3:37

Personnel

• Daniel Johnston – vocals, piano

References

1. "Daniel Johnston". Trouser Press. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
2. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 611.
3. AllMusic review
4. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 4: MUZE. p. 667.CS1 maint: location (link)
5. Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 200.
6. "Genius of Love". www.austinchronicle.com.
7. "The heartbreaking story of Daniel Johnston". Tampa Bay Times.
8. Baker, Peter C. "Working Through the Sadness of Daniel Johnston's Last —for Now—Tour". The New Yorker.