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Graceland_(album) runtime "43.3".
Graceland_(album) abstract "Graceland is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. Produced by Simon and Roy Halee, the album released on August 25, 1986 by Warner Bros. Records. In the early 1980s, Simon's career hit a low point. Following a very successful but contentious reunion with former partner Art Garfunkel, Simon's marriage fell apart and his fifth record, Hearts and Bones (1983), was a significant commercial disappointment. In 1984, after a period of depression, Simon became fascinated with a bootleg cassette of South African township music. He planned a trip to Johannesburg in the new year with Halee, where he spent two weeks recording with South African musicians.Recorded between 1985–86, Graceland features an eclectic mixture of musical styles, including pop, rock, a cappella, zydeco, isicathamiya, and mbaqanga. Simon created new compositions inspired by the recordings made in Johannesburg, collaborating with both African and American artists. Simon faced controversy for seemingly breaking the cultural boycott imposed by the rest of the world against the apartheid regime in South Africa at the time. In addition, some critics viewed Graceland as an exploitive appropriation of their culture. Following its completion, Simon toured alongside South African musicians, combining the music of Graceland and their own music.Despite the controversy, Graceland was a major commercial hit, becoming Simon's most successful studio album. His highest-charting effort in over a decade, Simon's return to the forefront of popular music was considered a remarkable comeback in a fickle music industry. It attracted rave reviews from music critics, won 1987 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and sold over 16 million copies worldwide. Graceland has been called one of the best albums of the 1980s with frequency, and is present on list of "greatest" albums by multiple publications. It was added to the National Recording Registry in 2007 for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important."".
Graceland_(album) artist Paul_Simon.
Graceland_(album) genre Folk_music.
Graceland_(album) genre Pop_music.
Graceland_(album) genre Rock_music.
Graceland_(album) genre Worldbeat.
Graceland_(album) previousWork Hearts_and_Bones.
Graceland_(album) producer Paul_Simon.
Graceland_(album) recordLabel Warner_Bros._Records.
Graceland_(album) recordedIn London.
Graceland_(album) recordedIn Los_Angeles.
Graceland_(album) recordedIn Louisiana.
Graceland_(album) recordedIn New_York.
Graceland_(album) recordedIn South_Africa.
Graceland_(album) releaseDate "1986-08-25".
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Graceland_(album) subsequentWork Negotiations_and_Love_Songs.
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Graceland_(album) type Album.
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Graceland_(album) artist Paul_Simon.
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Graceland_(album) award "Gold".
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Graceland_(album) caption "Initial recordings were made in Johannesburg, South Africa.".
Graceland_(album) caption "Later recordings, including mixing, were produced at The Hit Factory in New York.".
Graceland_(album) certyear "2001".
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Graceland_(album) genre Folk_music.
Graceland_(album) genre Pop_music.
Graceland_(album) genre Rock_music.
Graceland_(album) genre Worldbeat.
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Graceland_(album) headline "Side one".
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Graceland_(album) label Warner_Bros._Records.
Graceland_(album) lastAlbum "Hearts and Bones".
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Graceland_(album) name "Graceland".
Graceland_(album) nextAlbum "Negotiations and Love Songs".
Graceland_(album) note "alternate version".
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Graceland_(album) number "3".
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Graceland_(album) producer "Paul Simon".
Graceland_(album) quote ""I don't like the idea that people who aren't adolescents make records. Adolescents make the best records. Except for Paul Simon. Except for Graceland. He's hit a new plateau there, but he's writing to his own age group. Graceland is something new. That song to his son is just as good as 'Blue Suede Shoes': 'Before you were born dude when life was great.' That's just as good as 'Blue Suede Shoes,' and that is a new dimension."".
Graceland_(album) quote "My typical style of songwriting in the past has been to sit with a guitar and write a song, finish it, go into the studio, book the musicians, lay out the song and the chords, and then try to make a track. With these musicians, I was doing it the other way around. The tracks preceded the songs. We worked improvisationally. While a group was playing in the studio I would sing melodies and words — anything that fit the scale they were playing in.".
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Graceland_(album) recorded "October 1985–June 1986".
Graceland_(album) recorded "South Africa, New York, Los Angeles, London, and Louisiana".
Graceland_(album) region "Australia".
Graceland_(album) region "France".
Graceland_(album) region "Germany".
Graceland_(album) region "Netherlands".
Graceland_(album) region "Spain".
Graceland_(album) region "United Kingdom".
Graceland_(album) region "United States".
Graceland_(album) released "1986-08-25".
Graceland_(album) relyear "1986".
Graceland_(album) rev AllMusic.
Graceland_(album) rev Pitchfork_Media.
Graceland_(album) rev Robert_Christgau.
Graceland_(album) rev "American Songwriter".
Graceland_(album) rev "Drowned in Sound".
Graceland_(album) rev "PopMatters".
Graceland_(album) rev "Rolling Stone Album Guide".
Graceland_(album) rev "Rolling Stone".
Graceland_(album) rev "The Independent".
Graceland_(album) salesamount "1600000".