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  • Artist: Paul Simon
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2004
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 081227890421
  • Item Number: WEA789042
  • Release date: 07/27/2004
  • 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. 2
  • 10. That Was Your Mother
  • 11. All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints
  • 12. Homeless [Previously Unreleased][Bonus Track][Demo Version]
  • 13. Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes [Unreleased Version][Previously Unreleased][Bonus Track]
  • 14. All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints [Early Version][Previously Unreleased][Bonus Track]
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Graceland [Bonus Tracks] by Paul Simon on CD


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 & 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. [In 2004, Warner Strategic Marketing reissued Simon's studio albums as remastered editions with bonus tracks, packaged in cardboard digipacks. Like the other Simon reissues in this series, the remastering is excellent. Graceland has three bonus tracks, all previously unreleased. There's a demo of "Homeless" that consists largely of Simon singing the chorus over an acoustic guitar; there's a spare unreleased version of "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" that's close to being Simon's vocal and rhythm track from the released version; finally, there's an "Early Version" of "All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints" that sounds closer to a full-on Los Lobos track than the finished version.] ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi
  • Artist: Paul Simon
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2004
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 081227890421
  • Item Number: WEA789042
  • Release date: 07/27/2004
  • Label: Rhino
  • Genre: Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, International, Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, International, International, International, International
  • Style: Contemporary Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Worldbeat, Adult Contemporary, Singer/Songwriter, International Fusion, African Traditions, Southern African, Township Jive
  • Album Time: 44:43

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  • Graceland Paul Simon CD
Graceland Paul Simon CD