Paul Simon albums (Music Guide)

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Source: Wikipedia. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Pages: 31. Chapters: Graceland (album), Greatest Hits, Etc., Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar, Hearts and Bones, Negotiations and Love Songs, One-Trick Pony (album), Paul Simon (album),... Viac o knihe

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Source: Wikipedia. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Pages: 31. Chapters: Graceland (album), Greatest Hits, Etc., Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar, Hearts and Bones, Negotiations and Love Songs, One-Trick Pony (album), Paul Simon (album), Paul Simon 1964/1993, Paul Simon in Concert, Recorded as Jerry Landis, Songs from The Capeman, So Beautiful or So What, Still Crazy After All These Years, Surprise (Paul Simon album), There Goes Rhymin' Simon, The Essential Paul Simon, The Paul Simon Anthology, The Paul Simon Songbook, The Rhythm of the Saints, This Better Be Good, You're the One (album). Excerpt: Graceland is the seventh studio album by American folk musician Paul Simon, released in August 1986. It was a hit, topping the UK Album Chart, and reaching number three on the US Billboard 200. The album won the 1986 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, while the title song won the 1987 Grammy for Record of the Year. In 2007, the album was added to the United States National Recording Registry, along with another 24 significant recordings that year. It is included in many "best of" and "greatest" album lists including both Rolling Stone's and Time's. Coming at a time when Simon's musical career was at something of a low ebb following the disappointing public response to Hearts and Bones, the project was originally inspired by Simon's listening to a cassette of the Boyoyo Boys instrumental "Gumboots." Simon later wrote lyrics to sing over a re-recording of the song, which became the fourth track on the album. Graceland features an eclectic mixture of musical styles including pop, a cappella, isicathamiya, rock, and mbaqanga. The album was strongly influenced by the earlier work of South African musicians Johnny Clegg and Sipho Mchunu, and the Zulu-Western pop cross-over music realized in their band Juluka. Juluka was South Africa's first integrated pop band. Simon includes thanks to Johnny Clegg, Juluka and Juluka's producer Hilton Rosenthal in the "Special Thanks" citation included in Graceland's liner notes. Much of the album was recorded in South Africa, and it features many South African musicians and groups. Simon faced accusations that he had broken the cultural boycott imposed by the rest of the world against the apartheid regime in South Africa, which was in its final years at the time. Although supported by the United Nations Anti-Apartheid Committee, as the album showcased the talents of the black South African musicians while offering no support to the South African government, even the ANC protested the collaboration as a break in the cultural boycott. The

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