Graceland

by Paul Simon

Graceland cover art

Recorded amid immense political controversy in apartheid-era South Africa, 'Graceland' is a vibrant, groundbreaking fusion of American pop-rock and traditional African rhythms. Paul Simon's highly poetic, introspective lyricism glides effortlessly over the joyous, complex grooves of styles like mbaqanga and isicathamiya. The deeply eclectic, warm album fundamentally popularized worldbeat on a massive global scale.

Genres

  • Pop Rock
  • Singer-Songwriter
  • Worldbeat

Tracklist

  1. The Boy In the Bubble
  2. Graceland
  3. I Know What I Know (with General M.D.Shirinda & The Gaza Sisters)
  4. Gumboots (with Boyoyo Boys)
  5. Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
  6. You Can Call Me Al
  7. Under African Skies
  8. Homeless (with Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
  9. Crazy Love, Vol. II
  10. That Was Your Mother (with Good Rockin' Doopsie & The Twisters)
  11. All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints (with Los Lobos)