Songs of Pain is the first album by folk singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston, recorded on a simple tape recorder and released on Compact Cassette. Johnston recorded these songs in the basement of his parents' house in West Virginia. Johnston recorded the tape between 1980 and 1981, and it was later mass produced on cassette by Stress Records in 1988, and on Compact Disc in 2003 by the label Dual Tone, together with More Songs of Pain as Early Recordings Volume 1. Grievances A Little Story Joy Without Pleasure Never Relaxed Brainwash Pothead Wicked World Lazy I Save Cigarette Butts Like A Monkey In A Zoo Wicked Will An Idiot's End Wild West Virginia Since I Lost My Tooth Urge Living Life Tuna Ketchup Premarital Sex Don't Act Nice Hate Song. Songs of Pain Daniel Johnston Cassette.
