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albummaster
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- #1
- Posted: 07/03/2019 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#3123): Graceland by Paul Simon
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Today's album of the day
Graceland by Paul Simon (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 1986.
Country: 
Overall rank: 128
Average rating: 81/100 (from 1063 votes).
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Tracks:
1. The Boy In The Bubble
2. Graceland
3. I Know What I Know
4. Gumboots
5. Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
6. You Can Call Me Al
7. Under African Skies
8. Homeless
9. Crazy Love Vol. II
10. That Was Your Mother
11. All Around The World Or The Myth Of Fingerprints (Feat. Los Lobos)
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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RoundTheBend
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- #2
- Posted: 07/04/2019 05:02
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| Quote: | "1986 saw the release of an album that took world music to its ultimate peak of exposure, where Simon created an album about isolation and redemption that transcended world music to become the whole world's eclectic album.
With a mixture of musical styles, including pop, a cappella, and African roots genres, Simon created these magnificent compositions inspired by his journey to South Africa, collaborating with both African and American artists.
What I pay particular attention to on this great album is the bass of each song. The bass works as an unusual template here that I haven't heard this distinctive before - it sort of works as the essence of everything that happens on the album.
The production is also stellar - Simon, working with the best musicians from the black townships, brought a fluid energy and expertise to the soundscape with the help of guitarist Ray Phiri and not to leave out, "Ladysmith Black Mambazo" (who had their career basically based on the popularity of this album).
Here, Simon created an album about isolation and Apartheid and redemption that transcends world music. The bright grooves accompany the sharp, intelligent, strange and funny lyrics which altogether makes this one of my favorite albums of all time." |
From user Calsper on this site. Some things I disagree with in this comment (Ladysmith Black Mambazo's career hinged on this)... and maybe some other claims that are difficult to prove, otherwise pretty spot on recap of album.
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CharlieBarley
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- #3
- Posted: 07/05/2019 22:53
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Awesome album with great use of South African musicians, and like Seth's quote says, terrific and quirky lyrics.
Really a groundbreaking album by Paul Simon.
Plus I used to hear it in my parents car on long trips home to Scotland from our new home in the south of England, when I was a boy back in the late 80's. We used to travel up in the middle of the night to avoid traffic queues. I remember hearing Homeless as the sun came up one time. It was magical. The whole album was. Still is.
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StefanR10
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- #4
- Posted: 07/07/2019 17:09
- Post subject: Simon
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Good album after the Divorce of the great Simon and Garfunkel.
This album was the best of its year only surpass by Stevie Wonder
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Skinny
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- #5
- Posted: 07/07/2019 19:27
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Broke the boycott. Fuck him.
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Tha1ChiefRocka
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- #6
- Posted: 07/07/2019 19:52
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| Skinny wrote: | | Broke the boycott. Fuck him. |
This album blows, but Paul Simon the human being seems like a good dude. Reverse your course.
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baystateoftheart
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- #7
- Posted: 07/07/2019 20:00
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| Tha1ChiefRocka wrote: | | This album blows, but Paul Simon the human being seems like a good dude. Reverse your course. |
Bad take. The music itself on this album is outstanding.
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Tha1ChiefRocka
Yeah, well hey, I'm really sorry.
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- #8
- Posted: 07/07/2019 20:09
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Nah, it's poo poo.
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Romanelli
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- #9
- Posted: 07/07/2019 22:05
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Get over it already. You could do a hell of a lot worse in this world than Paul F&%#ing Simon. If you have to hate Paul Simon for something that happened in 1986 (probably before you were born), then you must hate pretty much everything and listen to just about zero music.
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RoundTheBend
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- #10
- Posted: 07/07/2019 23:11
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| Skinny wrote: | | Broke the boycott. Fuck him. |
And yet plenty of African musicians continued to work with him throughout his career.
Also find it hysterical the opinions voiced so far could be surmised as: dude is a douche, no he's not... then the album is garbage... no it's not. 
I find that awesome by the way - stand your ground!
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