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Graceland

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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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From: Amazon Posted: Mar 28, 2008 Type: User Review Good but not classic

I know I'll catch heat for this opinion but here goes. I always thought this album was very good, not great, but original in concept and execution. In my mind a great album is one of those can't live without, desert island albums. Albums that I...
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From: Amazon Posted: Mar 18, 2008 Type: User Review Still incredible

I bought the album in 1986. A few years later I bought the cassette for the car. I recently bought the cd. I still love every single song. Wow.
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From: Amazon Posted: Feb 13, 2008 Type: User Review Paul Simon is a poet

I love this CD. I've played the "Graceland" track over and over. It's been my favorite, although "Under African Skies" is outstanding. The man is clearly a poet -- maybe a genius.
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From: Amazon Posted: Jan 05, 2008 Type: User Review keep your feet still if you can

I wore out my original cassette recording, so how nice it is to have this enhanced cd.
Hearing again the powerful vocals of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, takes me back to the days of the 'Free Nelson Mandela' campaign, prior to the end of...
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From: Amazon Posted: Oct 27, 2007 Type: User Review Just something good to listen too

Decided to buy this album after procrastinating for what seems ages. One of my better decisions. I played it to some of my students that I teach photography. Who's Paul Simon ? some of them asked. They have their taste now.
The Boy in the...
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From: Amazon Posted: Sep 21, 2007 Type: User Review sounds even better on CD

Graceland is a brilliant piece of music; I once had it on cassette only but replaced it with the purchase of the CD. Sounds even better and I will always love it !!
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From: Amazon Posted: Aug 26, 2007 Type: User Review Graceland by Paul Simon

I bought this album when it first came out and just purchased the CD. It is no doubt the best work ever done by Paul Simon. It is timeless.
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From: Amazon Posted: Jul 29, 2007 Type: User Review The best Album so far

Several years ago I purchased Graceland as a Cassette Tape and have since lost it. It was after Simon's induction in the Gershwin hall of fame program on TV that I realized how great the music of Graceland was. We have "Surprise" and, although I...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jul 21, 2007 Type: User Review Shining like a national guitar!

Graceland is probably Paul Simon's last largely received work amid a truly prolific, terrific musical career. Although his most recent album "Surprise" is deservedly garnering much attention, "Graceland" will remain timeless forever. Its difficult...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jul 17, 2007 Type: User Review Has there ever been a finer album?

Paul Simon peaked with this masterwork. He will never return to this form.

"Graceland" is without equal. "Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes" is an idiosyncratic tour-de-force. "You Can Call Me Al" -- well, you already know that...
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