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Originally Posted by Cenotaph
It's an extremely upsetting and emotional album from one of my favorite singer/songwriters, Daniel Johnston. Johnston started out recording numerous albums on cassette tapes in the 1980s and handing them out to people. Somewhere during the middle of the decade, he started to become more manic depressive and schizophrenic. In fact, Hi, How Are You? (1983) was in the process of being made when he had a mental breakdown. I highly recommend listening to it, but... it's somewhat difficult to get into for some people.
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The documentary "The Devil and Daniel Johnston" is also a fantastic watch.