Artist	Song
The Shaggs	Philosophy of the World
from Songs In the Key of Z, Vol. 1 (The Curious Universe of Outsider Music) (2000)
Tiny Tim	Tip Toe Thru' the Tulips With Me
from God Bless Tiny Tim (2005)
Shooby Taylor & The Human Horn	Stout-Hearted Men
from Songs In the Key of Z, Vol. 1 (The Curious Universe of Outsider Music) (2000)
Daniel Johnston	Delusion & Confusion
from Fun (2008)
Lucia Pamela	Walking On the Moon
from Into Outer Space With Lucia Pamela (1992)
BJ Snowden	In Canada
from Life In the USA and Canada (2002)
The Langley Schools Music Project	Space Oddity
from Innocence and Despair (2008)
Congress-Woman Malinda Jackson Parker	Cousin Mosquito #1
from Tubman Goodtype Songs of Liberia - EP (2005)
Florence Foster Jenkins	Adele's Laughing Song
from The Unbelievable Glory of the Human Voice (2008)
Wesley Willis	Rock N' Roll McDonald's
from Songs In the Key of Z, Vol. 1 (The Curious Universe of Outsider Music) (2000)
R. Stevie Moore	Goodbye Piano
from Phonography (1976)
Luie Luie	El Touchy
from Songs In the Key of Z, Vol. 1 (The Curious Universe of Outsider Music) (2000)
Tay Zonday	Chocolate Rain
from Chocolate Rain (2010)
Syd Barrett	No Good Trying
from The Madcap Laughs (2003)
Alexander "Skip" Spence	Lawrence of Euphoria
from Oar (1949)
The New Creation	Dig! (The Origin of Man)
from Troubled (2003)
Eddie Murray	Stepping High Dance
from Songs In the Key of Z, Vol. 2 (2002)
Alvin Dahn	Don't Throw Your Dreams Away
from It's Time (2005)
Joseph Spence	Santa Claus Is Comin to Town
from Living On the Hallelujah Side (1989)
Buddy Max	The Birthmark Story
from Songs In the Key of Z, Vol. 2 (2002)
Rodd Keith	I Died Today
from I Died Today (1996)
The Langley Schools Music Project	Desperado
from Innocence and Despair (2008)
Rodd Keith	T.V. Love
from I Died Today (1996)
Bingo Gazingo	Like Beavis & Butthead
from Bingo Gazingo (1997)
Arcesia	Butterfly Mind
from Songs In the Key of Z, Vol. 1 (The Curious Universe of Outsider Music) (2000)

Comment:

Frank Zappa declared the Shaggs — three hapless sisters from New Hampshire — to be better than the Beatles. Well…But the trio's 1969 "Philosophy of the World" could be the Outsiderland national anthem, manifesting the credo of not letting a lack of talent stifle creative impulses. But there's plenty of legit talent here: Daniel Johnston (subject of the documentary [i]The Devil and Daniel Johnston[/i]) is a real artist fractured by mental illness. Ditto for Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett. And Bahamian guitarist Joseph Spence's distinctive gospel finger-picking influenced Ry Cooder.

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