-Released in 1986. The album made its way to the top of the charts in the United Kingdom and reached as far as the number three in the United States charts. Graceland was nominated for and won the Album of the Year Grammy Award in 1986 and the song “Graceland” went on to win Record of the Year the following year. For the most part the album was recorded in South Africa and in turn has many featuring artists and bands from South Africa. Simon intended to make an album that would have a combination of all different styles of music. Simon was successful in doing so when Graceland featured all kinds of music such as: pop, rock, a cappella, isicathamiya (form of a cappella), and mbaqanga (South African style music originated from the rural Zulu).
+Track Listing
-“The Boy in the Bubble”
-“Graceland”
-“I Know What I Know”
-“Gumboots”
-“Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes”
-“You Can Call Me Al”
-“Under African Skies”
-“Homeless”
-“Crazy Love, Vol. II”
-“That Was Your Mother”
-“All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints”
+Track Listing
-“The Boy in the Bubble”
-“Graceland”
-“I Know What I Know”
-“Gumboots”
-“Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes”
-“You Can Call Me Al”
-“Under African Skies”
-“Homeless”
-“Crazy Love, Vol. II”
-“That Was Your Mother”
-“All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints”
I found this article very interesting. It was right to the point of your topic. The main point I found interesting about this article was that you laid out the album that this man made putting all the songs and talking about how most of it was recorded in South Africa and was recorded with natives of the land.
ReplyDeleteWhile I love the album, I had never before known that part of it was recorded in South Africa. Personally, my favorite Paul Simon music is when he sang with Art Garfunkel, but it's great that he incorporated South African musicians into Graceland had it win album of the year in the process.
ReplyDeleteThis article was very informative and interesting. I believe that you took the right step to put some infor out before you gave any more of your personal opinions to it. It is important to put some basice info so that we understanf the topic better, which you did. I love this topic because it is somehting very new to me.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting. I like the track listing because i recognize a couple of the names. I found it pretty interesting that the year after Graceland (the song) came out, It won the grammy for best record when typically you would get it the year that it is released. It was well-written and i like the topic of music.
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