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Graceland by Paul Simon

1986 | Folk

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Ross (3284 KP) rated

Jun 29, 2020  
Graceland by Paul Simon
Graceland by Paul Simon
1986 | Folk
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8.5 (4 Ratings)
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Rolling Stone's 71st greatest album of all time
Paul Simon's "discovery" of South African musical styles and using them to restart his flagging career after splitting up with Garfunkel and reducing sales on his solo albums. Musically more interesting than his other efforts, I would still rather listen to the artists that inspired it. I find Paul Simon to be quite weaselly and I can't get past that. The album was unarguably ground-breaking for its time (except a white man using music of black origin for his own gain, that was nothing new) and I would hope opened doors for world music artists.
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Grinch (194 KP) rated

Sep 18, 2017  
Graceland by Paul Simon
Graceland by Paul Simon
1986 | Folk
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8.5 (4 Ratings)
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Simply amazing. (2 more)
Such incredible vocals, from many different vocal elements.
Very clever writing and creative music.
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Beth Ditto recommended (curated)

 
Graceland by Paul Simon
Graceland by Paul Simon
1986 | Folk
8.5 (4 Ratings)
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"I could be obscure about my last record, but that's not very honest. I'm not that cool. This is poetry again. I think I just like the sounds on Graceland. I enjoy music on different levels all the time. I think, because I play music, or because I'm a singer, I enjoy singers, or because I write songs, I like songwriters. Or because I get to be a part of production I like the production but some things I just connect to on a sonic level. But it's all the same really, it all comes and does the same thing and makes you the artist that you are. And honestly, I also chose this because of 'Graceland' the song, because it talks about Graceland, and it came along at a time when I really needed to hear that song. Just the song itself. I feel really, especially in the past two years, really connected to that album. I'm borderline obsessed with it. You know it's my dream to remake that fucking video for 'You Can Call Me Al' and I've had the worst time finding someone to do it with me. I want it to be Gwendoline Christie from Game Of Thrones. How amazing would that be?"

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Harry Styles recommended track You Can Call Me Al by Paul Simon (curated)

 
Graceland by Paul Simon
Graceland by Paul Simon
1986 | Folk
8.5 (4 Ratings)
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Garthy (203 KP) rated

Sep 15, 2017  
Graceland by Paul Simon
Graceland by Paul Simon
1986 | Folk
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8.5 (4 Ratings)
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Although controversial in its day, this album drew together the sounds of African music and singing, which produced this truly soulful album which definitely has universal appeal. (1 more)
It's a beautiful record, no doubt.