Graceland
by Paul Simon
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Graceland is ranked as the best album by Paul Simon.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 1 hour ago | bonnequestion | 1,660 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/21/2026 12:11 | Neil_71 | 129 | 78/100 |
| ! | 06/19/2026 00:48 |  AvalancheGrips | 776 | 85/100 |
| ! | 06/03/2026 02:37 | vicpark_theband | 21 | 84/100 |
| ! | 05/19/2026 00:38 | golrab67 | 173 | 91/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.3/100, a mean average of 80.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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HoldenM 01/29/2026 22:13 | #312887
Spotty but joyous and colorful. Happy I finally got around to this one.
Great solo album. The best that either him or Art put out after they disbanded their duo.
Album of the year at the 1987 Grammys
ExTeaSea 04/04/2024 15:27 | #302852
Love this album but for some reason it's not in my top 100 but probably should be haha. If I made charts 20+ years ago it definitely would have been. It's very fun and unique, especially for the time it came out.
A great album. The Boy in the Bubble, You Can Call Me Al, Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes, and the title track are all fantastic. His best solo record.
"You Can Call Me Al," "Graceland," and "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" are classics... but few then or now think Paul Simon handled concerns about cultural appropriation or apartheid well.
This album does a great job at combining South African musical stylings with classic American pop to create some spectacular moments that you will be singing for days after you hear this album. The most infectious of these songs is the huge hit You Can Call Me Al which might be slightly over played today but it still holds up very well. However, the rest of side 2 that follows this song have not held up as well. Homeless and That Was Your Mother comes to mind when thinking of these weaker tracks with both of them feeling insignificant and not having enough quality to captivate me. Despite this, side 1 is a masterpiece from Paul Simon. The music is so full of character and depth which makes it so easy to get lost in this beautiful fusion he has created. The instrumentation is also fantastic for pretty much the whole release with Simon's diverse choices making this an interesting record even in the slower moments that come later on. Overall, if the record could maintain the quality and energy on the first half this would be amongst the best albums ever made but unfortunately this isn't accomplished.
Impressing fusion of western music with south african music makes of this album unique experience. I didn't think I would like it as much as I did. It is also quite consistent in terms of quality and songwriting is top-notch.
Solid album
Bouncy, Bubbly, Beautiful
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