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90
Exhibiting some of his strongest songwriting to date, Fun is a rewarding record that never loses its initial, visceral appeal.
10y
83
Manic-depressive Johnston’s unaffected songs lyrically straddle the touching and the creepy. Thankfully, his eccentricities — spare production, wavering pitch, erratic phrasing — have made the major-label transfer practically intact, only better recorded.
10y
this is honestly really beautiful. not only is it heartwarming to hear Daniel finally playing in a studio, but the songs here are genuinely nice despite being pretty straightforward, and they're oftentimes really pretty. I know im probably just saying this because my only previous Johnston album was Hi, How Are You, but his songwriting ability had improved by leaps and bounds here as well. Not that he was necessarily bad at it on albums prior, but these feel much more cohesive and more ... read more
A worthy studio-debut after decades of success self-recording and self-releasing. He'll be dearly missed
Being his first studio album, it’s much more polished than anything else that I’ve heard from Daniel. I’m goad that despite this major shift in resources and setting, that the ethos of his music is unchanged. Now there are one or two duds on here, but I do think that there are some standout tracks that I did enjoy. It was different, but also familiar and still interesting.
B
I do not understand why someone would chose to listen to this compared to his early works unless you truly cannot handle the lofi. It feels so polished that half of Daniel's personality and charm got smoothed out. It feels really playful, as though the new breathe of instrumentation is being played for the sake of joy instead of recording. All of that said, My Little Girl might be the most inventive song in the entire Johnston canon, shockingly forward-thinking with how little structure it ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Love Wheel 2:19 | 73 |
| 2 | Life in Vain 3:22 | 96 |
| 3 | Crazy Love 1:12 | 75 |
| 4 | Catie 2:30 | 65 |
| 5 | Happy Time 2:54 | 62 |
| 6 | Mind Contorted 2:55 | 80 |
| 7 | Jelly Beans 1:23 | 56 |
| 8 | Foxy Girl 4:24 | 65 |
| 9 | Sad Sac + Tarzan 3:07 | 72 |
| 10 | Psycho Nightmare 2:05 | 73 |
| 11 | Silly Love 1:31 | 76 |
| 12 | Circus Man 1:29 | 70 |
| 13 | Love Will See You Through 2:07 | 76 |
| 14 | Lousy Weekend 2:06 | 75 |
| 15 | Delusion + Confusion 2:43 | 64 |
| 16 | When I Met You 0:55 | 54 |
| 17 | My Little Girl 4:07 | 53 |
| 18 | Rock 'n' Roll / Ega 4:44 | 69 |
Total Length: 45 minutes
