Gary Wilson is an outsider musician famous for his classic album You Think You Really Know Me. Wilson recorded his first album in his parents basement in Endicott, NY. Originally, only 300 copies of the record were pressed. The album is a strange experiment of funk, electronic music and pop. The lyrics on the album deal with obsession and paranoia. Wilson's live performances in the 70's were just as bizarre as the album. Sometimes, the owners of the club would turn out the power to attempt to get him to leave the stage.
Soon after the albums release, Wilson went into exile. Throughout the 80's and 90's, many famous acts such as Beck began to cite Gary Wilson as an important influence on their music, which led to the re-release of his groundbreaking first album. In 2002, Wilson played his first live show in years in New York City. In 2004, Wilson released his second album Mary Had Brown Hair after 27 years without recording any new music.
You Think You Really Know Me
1. Another Time I Could Have Loved You 1:14
2. You Keep on Looking 2:05
3. 6.4 = Make Out 5:01
4. When You Walk Into My Dreams 2:39
5. Loneliness 3:04
6. Cindy 2:50
7. You Were Too Good to Be True 1:59
8. Groovy Girls Make Love at the Beach 4:09
9. I Wanna Lose Control 2:22
10. You Think You Really Know Me 2:06
11. Chromium Bitch 3:26
12. And Then I Kissed Your Lips 2:51
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Mary Had Brown Hair
1. A Very Small Town 0:52
2. Linda Wants to Be Alone 2:36
3. Electric Depression 2:29
4. Sodus Point 1:45
5. Debbie, Debbie 3:25
6. The Susquahanna River 2:53
7. Mary Had Brown Hair 3:12
8. Secret Girl 3:12
9. I Know What it's Like to be Alone in a Small Town 2:31
10. Newark Valley 1:49
11. I Want to Meet Your Mother 2:49
12. Gary's in the Park 2:18
13. Mary, Make Me a Wish 0:43
14. Hold Back the Daylight 2:21
15. Our Last Date 1:33
16. Gary Saw Linda Last Night 5:11
17. Shauna Made Me Cry 1:26
18. Sometimes When I'm Sad and Lonely 2:33
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