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Recorded at Noise New York & CBGB's, New York, New York; Pier
Platter, Hoboken, New Jersey.
When several albums of Daniel Johnston's homemade recordings
appeared in the late '80s (including the wonderful YIP/JUMP MUSIC), it
created a significant buzz in music circles. Studio owner Mark Kramer
was quickly on the scene, bringing Johnston to his own Shimmy-Disc label
for this fine album. 1990 is a collection of extremely polished and
staggeringly honest odes to love, comic book heroes, and music.
Steve Shelley and Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth accompany Johnston
on "Spirit World Rising," but most of the set finds Johnston alone at
the piano or guitar. His version of Lennon and McCartney's "Got To Get
You Into My Life" has never been covered with this degree of conviction,
streamlined down to its essential rhythmic core. |
