Daniel Johnston - Fun

The major labels have finally figured out that while extremely uneven homemade tapes sound like crap as demos, they can come off as pure eccentric brilliance when released commercially. Daniel Johnston, a certified underground legend signed with Atlantic Records back in 1994 and released "Fun" as his major label debut album. With considerable help from Butthole Surfer Paul Leary, Johnston has never sounded so self-assured or confident before.