- pop, rock, pop rock, adult contemporary
- 43 min
- 11 tracks
- Warner Bros. Records
Graceland is the seventh solo studio album by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was produced by Simon, engineered by Roy Halee, and released on August 25, 1986, by Warner Bros. Records. It incorporates multiple genres, including pop, rock, a cappella, zydeco, and South African styles such as isicathamiya and mbaqanga.
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Grave, character-led, contemporary and spare.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- American Songwriter5/5 ★
- Blender5/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideA
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- The Independent5/5 ★
- Pitchfork9.2/10
- Rolling Stone5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
- Uncut10/10
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Tracks
- 1The Boy in the Bubble3:59
- 2Graceland4:51
- 3I Know What I Know3:13
- 4Gumboots2:45
- 5Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes5:48
- 6You Can Call Me Al4:40
- 7Under African Skies3:37
- 8Homeless3:48
- 9Crazy Love, Vol. II4:19
- 10That Was Your Mother2:53
- 11All Around the World or The Myth of Fingerprints3:15
11 tracks, 43 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Paul Simon
- Label
- Warner Bros. Records
- Released
- 1986
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Vinyl
- Country
- FR
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