Name: Graceland CD
Brand: Paul Simon

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

88697842502

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Extended format: No

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2017-02-11

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Sony

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0886978425027

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Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Paul Simon

Genre GB

Classic

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Paul Simon is an American singer-songwriter who was born on October 13, 1941 in Newark, New Jersey. He gained fame as one part of a popular music duo before embarking on a successful solo career. In 2001, he was honored with induction into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame as a performer.
Throughout his personal life, Paul has been married multiple times. His first marriage was to Peggy Harper and they have a son together. He then had a brief marriage to Carrie Fisher in the early 1980s which ended in divorce. Currently, he is married to folk singer Edie Brickell.
With his distinctive voice and songwriting talent, Paul Simon has left an indelible mark on the music industry. His contributions continue to be celebrated by fans worldwide.

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With Graceland, Paul Simon hit on the idea of combining his always perceptive songwriting with the little-heard mbaqanga music of South Africa, creating a fascinating hybrid that re-enchanted his old audience and earned him a new one. It is true that the South African angle (including its controversial aspect during the apartheid days) was a powerful marketing tool and that the catchy music succeeded in presenting listeners with that magical combination: something they'd never heard before that nevertheless sounded familiar.

As eclectic as any record Simon had made, it also delved into zydeco and conjunto-flavored rock &amp; roll while marking a surprising new lyrical approach (presaged on some songs on Hearts and Bones); for the most part, Simon abandoned a linear, narrative approach to his words, instead drawing highly poetic ("Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes"), abstract ("The Boy in the Bubble"), and satiric ("I Know What I Know") portraits of modern life, often charged by striking images and turns of phrase torn from the headlines or overheard in contemporary speech. An enormously successful record, Graceland became the standard against which subsequent musical experiments by major artists were measured.

Graceland CD

Music GB