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Graceland - Transparent Clear Vinyl

PAUL SIMON Graceland (2020 UK/EU limited edition 11-track LP pressed on Transparent Clear Vinyl, part of Sony's Clear Classics album campaign. Originally released in 1986, with a guest appearance from Los Lobos, Paul's seventh studio album includes the singles You Can Call Me Al and The Boy In The Bubble. Picture sleeve with original cover artwork and liner notes by Paul Simon. Both sleeve and vinyl remain in Near Mint condition)
#Top 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

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Release Date 9th Oct 2020
Release Year 2020 - 4 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Sony Music
Complete Stock List Go to Paul Simon
Product Catalogue No 19439801821
Music Genre 60s Pop, 70s Artists, Singer/Songwriter, 70s Rock, 60s Rock
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
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There are singers. There are songwriters. There is only one Paul Simon. And there certainly is nothing like Simon's landmark classic album Graceland.

The universal appeal of the music of Graceland proved more powerful and enduring than the political hotbed attending its creation. In 1986, the album sold 14 million copies worldwide, and received universal praise from critics around the globe. Simon, a 12-time Grammy Award-winner, and composer of then two Grammy-awarded albums of the year (Bridge Over Troubled Water, Still Crazy After All These Years) traveled to South Africa to record with local artists. Simon and the members of Ladysmith Black Mambazo subsequently performed on TV's Saturday Night Live and appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone. Graceland earned Simon another Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards in 1987 as well as Song of the Year in 1988.

The story of the making of Graceland and the controversy it created, is told in "Under African Skies," a full-length documentary from two-time Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger. The flim debuted at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, kicking off the year-long celebration commemorating the 25th anniversary of Simon's musical and cultural achievement with Graceland.

Simon's artistic decision to collaborate with African musicians created a new world musical fusion, combining American and African musical idioms while igniting an intense political crossfire. Simon was accused of breaking the UN cultural boycott of South Africa designed to end the Apartheid regime. The album generated three hit singles — in January 1987 "You Can Call Me Al" was played everywhere; while the title track won Song of the Year in 1988 — and it kept Simon and the Graceland tour on the road for five years.

Graceland continues to provide rewards to its listeners and remains a pivotal listening experience for writers, artists and fans. "Paul Simon's Graceland played a greatly significant role in removing the standoffish dread Western culture harbored toward South Africa during its internal struggle against apartheid, humanizing both a country's soul-searching hunger for liberation and its simultaneous outpouring of cathartic creative expression." — Timothy White, Billboard


Side One
1. The Boy In The Bubble
2. Graceland
3. I Know What I Know
4. Gumboots
5. Diamonds On The Souls Of Her Shoes

Side Two
6. You Can Call Me Al
7. Under African Skies
8. Homeless
9. Crazy Love, Vol II
10. That Was Your Mother
11. All Around The World Or The Myth Of Fingerprints

LP RECORD  
Recording Artist Paul Simon
Product Title Graceland - Transparent Clear Vinyl
Product Information Paul Simon Graceland - Transparent Clear Vinyl UK vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
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Artists Related To Art Garfunkel, Barney Rachabane, Harper Simon, Simon & Garfunkel
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