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Paul Simon

Graceland

Graceland

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Released 2012, US

180 gram vinyl LP pressing with download card. Digitally remastered and expanded 25th Anniversary edition of this groundbreaking album from the iconic singer/songwriter. In 1986, Graceland sold 14 million copies worldwide and garnered both the Album and Song of the Year Grammy in 1987. Paul Simon and the members of Ladysmith Black Mambazo performed on Saturday Night Live and appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone. The album generated three hit singles and kept Paul Simon and the Graceland tour on the road for five years. Its music was heard across the globe. Today, its music and reputation still reach generations of music enthusiasts, yet many are unaware of how pivotal that one album was during the 1980s, how it helped birth the idea of World Music, and revived the career of one of America's most important songwriters. It influenced the political progress of South Africa, a country divided by institutionalized racism, causing and then transcending years of controversy. Learn how the album came to be in the first place with this special edition.

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Tracklist

  • A1: The Boy In The Bubble (3:59)
  • A2: Graceland (4:48)
  • A3: I Know What I Know (3:13)
  • A4: Gumboots (2:42)
  • A5: Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes (5:34)
  • B1: You Can Call Me Al (4:34)
  • B2: Under African Skies (3:34)
  • B3: Homeless (3:45)
  • B4: Crazy Love, Vol. II (4:17)
  • B5: That Was Your Mother (2:51)
  • B6: All Around The World Or The Myth Of Fingerprints (3:15)

Genres & Styles

Genres: Funk / Soul and Folk, World, & Country
Styles: Afrobeat and Folk

Other Information

Comes with a printed inner sleeve containing lyrics and credits, as well as a 36"x24" poster. It may include a download card and/or a '25th Anniversary Edition' card. The outer shrink wrap front features 2 stickers - one for the 25th anniversary and another for 'RTI HQ-180'. There are two versions of the 25th hype sticker, with the main difference being the inclusion or exclusion of 'Record Store Day April 21, 2012' at the bottom.

Originally sold as a Record Store Day First Release on 4/21/2012 with the specific date on the sticker. Subsequently re-released on 5/6/2012, along with other 25th Anniversary editions, without the date on the sticker.

[Back cover]
This reissue ℗ & © 1986 & 2012 Paul Simon.
This package consists of previously released material.

[Inner sleeve]
Originally Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, New York
All songs Copyright © 1986 Paul Simon Music BMI

{Track details}
Detailed recording information for each track.

[Labels]
© ℗ 1986 & 2012 Paul Simon

[Poster]
© 2012 Sony Music Entertainment

[RTI HQ-180 sticker]
PREMIUM VINYL PRESSING HQ-180®

[25th hype sticker]
Details about the 25th Anniversary edition of the album.

Runouts are etched

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* Audio and tracklist in this preview may differ from the vinyl record. See tracklist for the vinyl record above.