Daniel Johnston discography

Before 'Yip/Jump Music', Johnston's albums were more-so collections of songs he would re-record whenever he wanted to give someone a tape. The standardised versions of these albums were created when Stress Records bought Johnston's back catalog in the mid-1980s.

• Songs of Pain (Handmade cassette 1981. Standardised version created by Stress Records in 1988)
• Don't Be Scared (Handmade cassette made July 1982. Standardised version created by Stress Records in 1986)
• The What of Whom (Handmade cassette, August 1982)
• Ugly Music (Handmade alternate version of Songs of Pain, August 1982)
• Someday You're Gonna Make It, Joe (Lost alternate version of 'More Songs of Pain', February 1983)
• More Songs of Pain (Stress Records cassette, 1983. Standardised version created by Stress Records in 1988)
• Yip/Jump Music (Stress Records cassette, August 1983)
• Hi, How Are You (Stress Records cassette, September 1983)
• Retired Boxer (Stress Records cassette, 1984)
• Respect (Stress Records cassette, January 1985)
• Merry Christmas (Stress Records cassette, 1988)

• Continued Story (Stress Records cassette, December 1985. Partially studio recordings, partially demos)
• 1990 (Shimmy Disc, 1990 Partially studio recordings, partially live recordings & demos)
• Artistic Vice (Shimmy Disc, 1991)
• Fun (Atlantic, 1994)
• Rejected Unknown (Gammon Records/Pickled Egg Records, 2001)
• Fear Yourself with Mark Linkous (Gammon Records (USA), Sketchbook Records (UK and Europe), 2003)
• Lost and Found (Sketchbook Records, UK and Europe, 2006)
• Is and Always Was (Eternal Yip Eye Music, 2009)
• Space Ducks (Eternal Yip Eye Music, 2012)

• Live at South by Southwest (Stress Records cassette, 1990)
• Frankenstein Love recorded live in 1992 (Stress Records cassette, 1998)
• Why Me? recorded live at the Volksbühne in Berlin, June 6, 1999 (Trikont, 2000)
• Normal recorded live at the Rochester Opera House in Rochester, NH, May 12 2012 (Teen Arena Records, 2013)
• Live@Albertstudios (Albert Music, 2010)

• The River of No Return (1991)
• Big Big World recorded 1986 (Seminal Twang, UK, 1991)
• Laurie (Seminal Twang, UK, 1992)
• Happy Time (1994)
• Dream Scream (Pickled Egg Records, 1998)
• Impossible Love (2001)
• Sinning Is Easy (Pickled Egg Records, 2002)
• Mountain Top (Rough Trade, 2003)
• Fish (Sketchbook Records, UK, 2003)
• Fear Yourself LP Only with Mark Linkous (Coppertree Records UK, Ltd Ed 180g vinyl, 2008)
• Lost and Found LP Only (Coppertree Records UK, Ltd Ed double 180g vinyl, 2008)

• with Jad Fair: It's Spooky (50 Skidillion Watts, 1989; reissued on Jagjaguwar, 2001)
• with Yo La Tengo: Speeding Motorcycle single (1990)
• Danny and the Nightmares (Eternal Yip Eye Music, 1999)
• with Ron English and Jack Medicine: Hyperjinx Tricycle (Important Records, 2000)
• with Chris Bultman and Jad Fair as The Lucky Sperms: Somewhat Humorous (Jagjaguwar, 2001)
• Danny and the Nightmares: Natzi single (2001)
• with Hyperjinx Tricycle: Long Lost Love single (2002)
• with Okkervil River: Happy Hearts off the album Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See (Jagjaguwar, 2002)
• spoken word performance on the track "Love is a fascist invention" on the Alpine Those Myriads album "yr royal jetlag gospel" (Osito Records, 2003)
• with Hyperjinx Tricycle: Alien Mind Control 3" CD (Important Records, 2003)
• Danny and the Nightmares: The End Is Near Again (Cool Beans, 2003)
• with Rule of Thirds: "Rin Tin Soldier" (Eternal Yip Eye Music, 2003)
• Danny and the Nightmares: Freak Brain (Sympathy Records, 2005)
• with Jack Medicine: The Electric Ghosts (Important Records, 2006)
• Danny and the Nightmares: "Red Hot Sex'' appears on the Misc. Music Sampler (Misc. Music, 2007)
• with Kraig Mc Govern and on a live track recorded in Dublin July 2008
• with The Swell Season On January 31, 2009, Austin City Limits (previously recorded on September 28, 2008) to perform the song "Life in Vain"
• with Beam: Beam Me Up! (Hazelwood, 2010)
• Danny and the Nightmares: The Death of Satan (Munster Records, 2013)

• The Lost Recordings (Stress Records, recorded 1983, released 1992) cassette
• The Lost Recordings II (Stress Records, recorded 1983, released 1992) cassette
• A Texas Trip - contributed two songs (Caroline Records, 1987)
• Please Don't Feed The Ego (Eternal Yip Eye Music, 1994)
• Dead Dog's Eyeball by Kathy McCarty (1994)
• My So-Called Life - contributed "Come See Me Tonight" (1995)
• Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks - contributed "Unpack Your Adjectives" (1996)
• The Early Recordings of Daniel Johnston Volume 1 (Dualtone, 2003) - Reissue of Songs of Pain and More Songs of Pain
• The Sun Shines Down On Me by Gerry Nobody (2003)
• The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered (Gammon Records, 2004) - Tribute album along with disc of original versions plus one new song
• White Magic: From The Cassette Archives 1979–1989 (Eternal Yip Eye Music, 2004)
• I Killed the Monster: 21 Artists Performing the Songs of Daniel Johnston (2006) - Tribute album featuring contributions from Sufjan Stevens, Mike Watt, Jad Fair and Kimya Dawson
• Apskaft Tribute To Daniel Johnston (The Sound Of Apskaft, 2011)
• 50minutes (EXERCISE1 Recordings, 2006)
• Welcome To My World (Eternal Yip Eye Music, 2006)
• My Yoke Is Heavy: The Songs of Daniel Johnston by Adrian Crowley and James Yorkston (Chemikal Underground, 2013)

• The Devil and Daniel Johnston
• The Angel and Daniel Johnston - Live at the Union Chapel
• Daniel Johnston at Home LIVE recorded live in Waller Texas 1999 (Stephen Tompkins, Digital Download video/mp3 release 2009)