Artistic Vice

Following his year-long stay at Weston Mental Hospital, Johnston recorded the Laurie EP in December 1989,Daniel Johnston - Laurie (Seminal Twang, TWANG 13, 1992) the title track of which is featured on this album.

A few months later, after the release of Johnston's 1990 album, Johnston was invited to promote it with three short performances at SXSW.The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Dr. Jeff Feuerzeig, 2005 Instead of performing material from the album, Johnston debuted new material and reworked selections from his 1983 demo tapes. Johnston premiered four songs at these shows, 'Silly Love,' 'Do You Really Love Me?', 'A Lonely Song' & 'Love Wheel.'{{Cite web|title=Live at SXSW - YouTube|url=https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ndrqDhsu3Wfyf3YXEDP6d63N2HIorJblc|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-14|website=www.youtube.com|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211212013359/https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ndrqDhsu3Wfyf3YXEDP6d63N2HIorJblc|archive-date = December 12, 2021}} 'Do You Really Love Me?'' was eventually re-worked into 'Tell Me Now', and the rest were shelved for future releases.

Immediately following the performances, Johnston was hospitalized for five months between March and August 1990, after causing his father to crash his plane into a forest amidst a delusional episode. During this period Johnston's popularity continued to rise, partially thanks to Homestead Records' continued re-issues of his earlier tapes, concluding in 1991 with a cassette / LP version of Continued Story, and the 'Continued Story / Hi, How Are You' CD.Daniel Johnston - Continued Story (Homestead Records, HMS155-1, 1991)Daniel Johnston - Continued Story (Homestead Records, HMS155-4, 1991)Daniel Johnston – Continued Story + Hi How Are You (Homestead Records, HMS 155-2, 1991) During this time Firehose' cover of Walking The Cow was released on their Flyin' the Flannel album, and The Pastels released their cover of Speeding Motorcycle, continuing to boost Johnston's notoriety as a songwriter.

The songwriting style on this album showcases Johnston's commercial ambitions, and slyly nods to his growing fame.{{Cite news|last=Peisner|first=David|date=2019-09-12|title=Daniel Johnston's Essential Songs: Listen to 12 Tracks|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/arts/music/daniel-johnston-playlist.html|access-date=2021-12-22|issn=0362-4331}} The lyrics also refer to Johnston's improving mental state, in particular the song 'I Killed The Monster' confidently boasts that Johnston had defeated his personal demons. {{Cite book |last1=Yazdani |first1=Tarssa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o7ocj0Qn2IsC |title=Hi, how are You?: The Life, Art & Music of Daniel Johnston |last2=Goede |first2=Don |date=2006 |publisher=Last Gasp |isbn=978-0-86719-667-2 |pages=50–51 |language=en}}

Although it is considered a 'studio' album, the songs were actually recorded by Kramer in a make-shift studio in the garage at Chuck Picklesimer's house in July 1991, in Daniel's home state of West Virginia. For the album, he formed The Eye Band; a backing band made up entirely of Johnston's friends. The sessions were produced by Kramer, who was also responsible for his previous album, 1990. Although the sessions took place in West Virginia, by late 1991, the Johnston family had relocated to Waller, Texas.

The album is dedicated to Laurie Allen, Johnston's muse who he had not seen in over a decade at that point. A copy of the album had been sent to her. Johnston was thrilled to find she enjoyed the album.{{Cite book |last1=Yazdani |first1=Tarssa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o7ocj0Qn2IsC |title=Hi, how are You?: The Life, Art & Music of Daniel Johnston |last2=Goede |first2=Don |date=2006 |publisher=Last Gasp |isbn=978-0-86719-667-2 |pages=54 |language=en}}

{{Album ratings

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|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

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|rev3 = MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide

|rev3score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=611}}

|rev4 = Spin Alternative Record Guide

|rev4score = 3/10{{cite book |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |date=1995 |publisher=Vintage Books |pages=200–201}}

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Trouser Press called the album an "ebullient blast of lo-fi electric garage-rock," writing that "the glimmers of deliverance make this cogent album as encouraging as it is enjoyable."{{cite web |title=Daniel Johnston |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/daniel-johnston/ |website=Trouser Press |accessdate=27 October 2020}}

Two years after the album was released, Television Personalities released a cover of 'Honey I Sure Miss You'.A Tribute To Daniel Johnston Vol. 1 (Little Teddy Recordings, LiTe707, 1993) That same year, Terry Burrows, under the pseudonym of Yukio Yung, released a cover of 'I Feel So High'.Yukio Yung - A Brainless Deconstruction Of The Popular Song (Mermaid Records, JUNG 004, 1993)

In 2004, Jad Fair and Teenage Fanclub collaborated on a cover of "My Life Is Starting Over Again" for the Daniel Johnston tribute album The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered. A few years later, in 2006, the album's producer Kramer performed bass and keyboards on a cover of "Honey I Sure Miss You".I Killed The Monster (21 Artists Performing The Songs Of Daniel Johnston) (Second Shimmy, 0100, 2006) That same year, Jad Fair and Teenage Fanclub released a cover of "Happy Soul".Teenage Fanclub And Jad Fair - Like A Monkey In A Zoo /

Happy Soul (2006, PeMa, PEMA001)

In a 2009 interview, Jeffrey Lewis cited Artistic Vice specifically as an influence on his songwriting.{{Cite web|date=2009-04-21|title=Exposure: Jeffrey Lewis|url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/17338-exposure-jeffrey-lewis/|access-date=2021-12-22|website=The List|language=en-GB}}

In 2019, The New York Times included "My Life is Starting Over" in their list of Johnston's 12 essential tracks. The following year the album was reissued on vinyl as part of the box set The End Is Never Really Over.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-26|title=Daniel Johnston's 1990 and Artistic Vice LPs collected in new box set|url=https://thevinylfactory.com/news/daniel-johnston-1990-artistic-vice-albums-collected-in-new-box-set/|access-date=2021-12-22|website=The Vinyl Factory|language=en-US}} That same year Built To Spill covered "Tell Me Now" and "Honey I Sure Miss You" as part of their Johnston tribute album,{{Cite magazine|last1=Martoccio|first1=Angie|date=May 15, 2020|title=Hear Built to Spill's Wistful Cover of Daniel Johnston's 'Tell Me Now'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/built-to-spill-daniel-johnston-tell-me-now-1000519/|access-date=December 22, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}Built To Spill Plays The Songs Of Daniel Johnston (Ernest Jenning Record Co., EJRC167, 2020) and folk supergroup I Was A King, featuring Frøkedal, Norman Blake and Robyn Hitchcock, released their cover of "Honey I Sure Miss You".I Was A King - Grand Hotel (Coastal Town Recordings, CT03, 2020)

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Daniel Johnston

| title9 = Hoping

| title15 = Laurie

| title14 = I Killed The Monster

| title13 = Love Of My Life

| title12 = The Dream Is Over

| title11 = Happy Soul

| title10 = It's Got To Be Good

| title8 = The Startling Facts

| title1 = My Life Is Starting Over

| title7 = I Know Caspar

| title6 = Easy Listening

| title5 = Tell Me Now

| title4 = A Ghostly Story

| title3 = I Feel So High

| title2 = Honey I Sure Miss You

| title16 = Fate Will Get Done

| length10 = 2:17

| length16 = 5:08

| length15 = 2:23

| length14 = 3:57

| length13 = 2:36

| length12 = 1:44

| length11 = 3:54

| length1 = 2:06

| length9 = 0:46

| length8 = 1:54

| length7 = 2:02

| length6 = 2:09

| length5 = 3:28

| length4 = 2:58

| length3 = 3:21

| length2 = 3:22

| total_length = 44:05

}}{{Track listing

| headline = Bonus Tracks, 2008 CD

| title17 = I Get Depressed When You Undress

| title18 = I Feel So High

| title19 = Laurie

| title20 = The Monster Inside Of Me

| note18 = Demo

| note19 = Demo

}}

• Daniel Johnston: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

Eye Band

• Brent Conkle & Donny Spencer: Lead Guitar
• Dale Dudgeon & Tom Gruda: Rhythm Guitar
• Mike West: Bass Guitar
• Fred McMahan: Drums

Production

• Kramer: Producer & Engineer

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