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Graceland
The melding of South African styles and Simon's trademark sensibility made for one of the most intriguing albums--not to mention commercial hits--of the '80s. At once lively, thoughtful, gorgeous, and tough, Graceland acknowledges splits both in South Africa's social fabric and in Simon's personal life (the title track is a clear descendant of the earlier "Hearts and Bones," a song about the singer-songwriter's brief marriage to Carrie Fisher). Humor is hardly absent from the mix, though; witness the addled "I Know What I Know" and the fable-like "You Can Call Me Al." --Rickey Wright
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Tracks| 1 | Boy in the Bubble | | 2 | Graceland | | 3 | I Know What I Know | | 4 | Gumboots - The Boyoyo Boys, Paul Simon | | 5 | Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes | | 6 | You Can Call Me Al | | 7 | Under African Skies | | 8 | Homeless - Ladysmith Black Mambazo, , Paul Simon | | 9 | Crazy Love, Vol. 2 - Paul Simon, Stimela | | 10 | That Was Your Mother - Paul Simon, The Twisters | | 11 | All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints | | 12 | Homeless [#][*][Demo Version] - Ladysmith Black Mambazo, , Paul Simon | | 13 | Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes [Unreleased Version][*] | | 14 | All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints [Early Version][#][*] - Los Lobos, Paul Simon |
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