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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Graceland (album)
		Graceland is an album released in 1986 by Paul Simon.
		The Rhythm of the Saints is an album released in 1990 by Paul Simon.
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	Graceland (album) - Definition, explanation
		The title track describes a visit to Graceland, Elvis Presley's estate in Memphis, Tennessee; Simon has said that he considers it to be the best song he has ever written.
		Graceland won Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards of 1987.
		It was voted as the best album of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop; critics poll.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/g/gr/graceland__album_.php (0 words)

	Graceland (album)
		Graceland is an album released in 1986 by Paul Simon.
		The title track describes a visit to Graceland, Elvis Presley's estate in Memphis, Tennessee; Simon has said that he considers it to be the best song he has ever written.
		Graceland won Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards of 1987.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/g/gr/graceland__album_.html (209 words)

	What Ladysmith Wrought - October 17, 2006 - The New York Sun
		When Paul Simon released his album "Graceland" in 1986, he introduced America to Ladysmith Black Mambazo and their South African vernacular singing style isicathimiya.
		The album's ecumenical, globe-trotting sophistication appealed to the listener who had grown up parallel to Mr.
		Sharing the cultural sensitivity and demographic of "Graceland," public radio and television began airing programs devoted to world music on record and in live concerts.
	www.nysun.com /article/41706 (527 words)

	Paul Simon Albums & Lyrics @ SongLyricsLibrary.com
		Simon was dismayed by the album's lack of commercial success and critics felt that he was in a creative rut.
		Graceland was one of the most intriguing and commercially successful albums of the decade with Simon utilizing musical contributions from Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Los Lobos, Linda Ronstadt and Rockie Dopsie And The Twisters.
		The success of the album in combining contrasting cross-cultural musical heritages was typical of a performer who had already incorporated folk, RandB, calypso and blues into his earlier repertoire.
	paulsimon.songlyricslibrary.com (0 words)

	Paul Simon Graceland CD
		Through the mist of subsequent pale imitations, it is difficult now to recall the enormous impact of this trans-cultural album.
		Album was produced after a show in South Africa during the dying days of Boer regime.
		Of course this is different than the previous 60 or so cds that may have been released without the promise of giving back to all those that entered in here by the music of all others.Don't buy this but rather purchase it.
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/6753491/a/Graceland.htm (0 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Graceland: Remastered and Expanded: Music: Paul Simon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Although this album is Simons best known I would not rate it ahead of 'Hearts And Bones' which is not as commercial but is certainly equal in terms of lyrical content.
		All of Paul Simons solo albums are superb and his experimentation with ethnic music is not unique to this album.
		However where this album is different is the ethnic input is given more freedom to express its identity.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Graceland-Remastered-Expanded-Paul-Simon/dp/B0002EQ7E2 (1150 words)

	Primer for Graceland (album), Help.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Much of the album was recorded in South Africa and featured many South African musicians and groups.
		The worldwide success of the album introduced some of the musicians, especially the vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, to global audiences of their own.
		Simon toured the album extensively featuring many of the artists from the album plus exiled South Africans Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba.
	www.help.com /wiki/Graceland_%28album%29 (410 words)

	purevolume™ \| Death In Graceland
		When the album was released in early 2003, the band hit the road.
		In addition, Death In Graceland was honored to be chosen to play the prestigious "North By Northeast" (NXNE) Festival in Toronto, Canada in June 2003.
		Death In Graceland is a rock band from the Westside of Cincinnati.
	www.purevolume.com /deathingraceland (619 words)

	Album Graceland by Paul Simon - AOL Music
		Paul Simon was coming off the least commercially successful album of his career - 1984's "Hearts And Bones" - and Simon was on the verge of disappearing from the pop music radar.
		This is an album for the ages by a master craftsman - each note, each rest, each word are all carefully chosen and remarkably placed.
		Everything about the album 'Graceland' by Paul Simon including album title, track listings, release dates, guest artists, record label info and user reviews on AOL Music.
	music.aol.com /artist/paul-simon/5433/album/graceland/18026 (326 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Graceland [ECD] - Paul Simon at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		You see, someone handed me this album right after I had had my heart shattered into many enough pieces that it took me a while to find them all again.
		So I am forever left to ponder whether my opinion of this album is so high because of its universal musical merit or whether it stems from how it helped through a difficult time in my life.
		I think that is the key to the beauty of this album, that it is so personal and searching, the listener can't help but to be moved by at least one track on this album.
	www.epinions.com /content_10763341444 (982 words)

	Paul Simon - MSN Encarta
		The album featured several of Simon's original compositions, one of which, “The Sound of Silence,” rose to number one on the music charts and earned the duo's first gold record.
		Simon’s 1987 concert performance of his Graceland album in Harare, Zimbabwe, was enthusiastically received by an interracial audience.
		The Graceland album received a Grammy Award in 1987, and the single release “Graceland” was similarly honored in 1988.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761557645/Paul_Simon_(musician).html (508 words)

	Amazon.ca: Graceland (Enhanced CD): Music: Paul Simon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		At once lively, thoughtful, gorgeous, and tough, Graceland acknowledges splits both in South Africa's social fabric and in Simon's personal life (the title track is a clear descendant of the earlier "Hearts and Bones", a song about the singer- songwriter's brief marriage to Carrie Fisher).
		Graceland was the first album I owned and the first album that I remember hearing in its wonderful entirety (I was only 5 when it was released).
		Graceland has very unique rhythms of the world and is very eclectic.
	www.amazon.ca /Graceland-Enhanced-CD-Paul-Simon/dp/B000002NBY (1089 words)

	Walmart.com - Music Downloads (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Simon was dismayed by the album's lack of commercial success and critics felt that he was in a creative rut.
		Graceland was one of the most intriguing and commercially successful albums of the decade with Simon utilizing musical contributions from Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Los Lobos, Linda Ronstadt and Rockin" Dopsie.
		The success of the album in combining contrasting cross-cultural musical heritages was typical of a performer who had already incorporated folk, RandB, calypso and blues into his earlier repertoire.
	www.walmart.com /swap/LoadArtistBio.do?artistId=8505 (1238 words)

	Classic Albums: The Making Of Graceland - The Lasers Review
		Classic Albums: Graceland serves as a history lesson, a how-to guide for record producers and an intimate look at the writing and recording process of one of rock’s most celebrated songwriters.
		The story presented in Classic Albums: Graceland is supported by the descriptions of the Graceland project found in the Susan Lacy and Susan Steinberg film Paul Simon: Born At The Right Time and Patrick Humphries’ book The Boy In The Bubble.
		Classic Albums: Graceland deals with these issues by allowing Simon and the musicians to defend themselves, but there is no airspace dedicated to the opponents of Graceland.
	paul.simon.org /classicalbum.htm (751 words)

	Graceland - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Graceland, former estate of American singer Elvis Presley, located in Memphis, Tennessee.
		Graceland University, private, coeducational institution in Lamoni, Iowa, about 113 km (about 70 mi) south of Des Moines.
		Graceland: picture of the grave of Elvis Presley
	encarta.msn.com /Graceland.html (73 words)

	Ladysmith Black Mambazo at AllExperts
		The album sold well enough for it to earn a double platinum disc award, and the songs in the Mambazo repertoire were shuffled to one side to include many Christian and Methodist (amongst others) hymns.
		After the release of the group's first album in 1973, they were banned from competing in the isicathamiya competitions because of their ability to win many of the competition.
		The group is quite possibly more well-known in the USA (due to the Graceland success and various advert campaigns for 7-Up and LifeSavers candy) and the UK (again, because of the Graceland success, and several successful advertisements for Heinz).
	en.allexperts.com /e/l/la/ladysmith_black_mambazo.htm (2422 words)

	Classic Albums: Paul SimonGraceland \| The A.V. Club (Site not responding. Last check: )
		While Graceland's critics have accused Simon of simply grafting his own material on top of others' music, the film subtly makes clear the degree to which the album was a collaborative process.
		Though covering an arguably better album, the Songs In The Key Of Life documentary has less instant appeal to people who aren't already fans, simply because the background story is less compelling.
		In place of human drama, however, is a reunion of the album's musicians and a good deal of information about the recording.
	www.avclub.com /content/node/935/print (276 words)

	Graceland (album) - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		The album featured South African musicians including the band Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
		Simon faced accusations that he had broken the cultural boycott imposed by western democracies against the apartheid regime in South Africa.
		In 2003 the TV network VH1 named it the 84th greatest album of all time.
	www.music.us /education/G/Graceland-(album).htm (403 words)

	The Daily Vault Album Reviews : Graceland
		Paul Simon famously traveled to Africa to find inspiration (and some musical collaborators) for this album, and it is greater for this.
		The latter half of the album is just as strong, with "Under African Skies" hooking a guitar loop underneath gorgeous dueling vocals (courtesy of Linda Ronstadt) and "The Myth of Fingerprints" seeking an entire new mood for the album, with a faster pulse and harder music.
		Graceland is an excellent album; if it suffers, it suffers from trying too hard -- the African influences at times feel a bit contrived, although in fairness that is rare.
	www.dailyvault.com /toc.php5?review=2460 (397 words)

	Simon, Paul (1941—) Biography \| sjpc_04_package.xml
		One of his most well-known works, the Grammy-winning album Graceland, drew both protest and praise for his use of South African musicians during the height of the Apartheid regime in the 1980s.
		The Latino music influence was evident on that self-titled album's cut "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard," and the Caribbean-flavored song "Mother and Child Reunion," which was recorded in Jamaica.
		Graceland is an interesting album because not only is it chock full of Simon's consistently good pop songs, but it has also sparked many debates surrounding the political and cultural implications of a white American working with fl South Africans under the Apart-heid regime.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/simon-paul-1941-sjpc-04 (570 words)

	Graceland by Paul Simon Songfacts
		Simon recorded some songs on the album in South Africa and used many African musicians on it.
		By naming the album after the home of Elvis, he is making the connection between African music and American Rock 'n' Roll.
		It is an album focusing mostly on African music, but also explores other forms of non-mainstream music, like Zydeco.
	www.songfacts.com /detail.php?id=2378 (0 words)

	Song For The Asking - A Tribute to Simon & Garfunkel
		Furthermore, it's the 20th anniversary of Simon's epic Graceland album, so there were plenty of tough hills for the show to climb.
		The whole album is $19.99, which isn't bad for 39 songs that span two CDs' worth of music.
		It seems tacked on, and while it's a great song and fits the theme of the album (as well as the "side two" story arc), its musical textures don't mesh well with the rest of the album.
	www.songfta.com /news.htm (0 words)

	Graceland by Paul Simon on Rhapsody Online
		For Simon, the randb-derived mbaqanga he and his South African sidemen--guitarist Ray Phiri, fretless bassist Baghiti Kumalo, and drummer Isaac Mtshali, all players of conspicuous responsiveness and imagination--put through their Tin Pan Alley paces seems to represent a renewed sense of faith and connectedness after the finely wrought dead end of Hearts and Bones.
		The singing has lost none of its studied wimpiness, and he still writes like an English major, but this is the first album he's ever recorded rhythm tracks first, and it gives up a groove so buoyant you could float a loan to Zimbabwe on it.
		Despite the personalized cameo for Sun City scab Linda Ronstadt (a slap in the face to the ANC whether he admits it or not) and the avoidance of political lyrics elsewhere, he's found his "shot of redemption," escaping alienation without denying its continuing truth.
	www.rhapsody.com /paulsimon/graceland (279 words)

	Paul Simon - Graceland snobs and Amazon reviews
		This actually is an album that we should have had from Paul Simon 4 years ago,I personally stopped buying his stuff after Graceland, not that I wanted another graceland type album just wanted him to reinvent himself and music in other ways kinda like the way U2 do so well..
		Whebn listening to a U2 album you can not say if that song was recorded in 2005 or in 1985, same sound every time.
		Paul Simon has defentive done somthing good in 20 years i think Capeman is a very very good record also the show on Brodway was sure not a higher but the music was wonderful.
	www.paul-simon.info /PHP/showthread.php?thread=2442 (544 words)

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		An example of the linguistic elements used in Graceland are on the track entitled “Homeless.” On this track, it begins with a South African introduction in a South African language.
		On the recording of the album, the pennywhistle was recorded by a white, non-South African man. This is just one example of how something that would usually be done by a fl South African was done by a white male on the album.
		I think that the album was culturally progressive; however, there are those that still, to this day, believe that South African music should remain in South Africa where it originated.
	copland.udel.edu /~bescottv/MUSC107GracelandQs.doc (795 words)

	Township Jive [bootleg]: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		They were each given mini-sets of their own within the show, as Simon came and went, acting as host and performing nine of the 11 songs from Graceland.
		For the tour, Simon recruited South African performers Ladysmith Black Mambazo (who had appeared on the Graceland album), Miriam Makeba, and Hugh Masekela.
		While all this makes for an interesting tour souvenir for the Simon fan, the album remains a bootleg, based on an audience tape with the usual drawbacks--the audience is louder than the band on occasion, and the overall sound quality is nowhere near what you would expect from a legitimate release.
	www.music.com /release/township_jive/1 (0 words)

	Paul Simon : Graceland E-CD
		Upon its original release ten years ago, Paul Simon's seminal album Graceland became one of those rare works of art that have arguably changed the world.
		This special Enhanced CD version of Graceland celebrates the album's tenth anniversary and provides a multimedia journey into its origins and legacy.
		This anniversary edition of the album will introduce the music to a new generation of listeners while deepening the experience for those who are already committed fans.
	www.wbr.com /paulsimon/graceland/cmp/enhanced.html (0 words)

	Washburn Artists: Bakithi Kumalo
		When Paul Simon released the "Graceland" album in 1985 it started a demand for World Music in the United States that is still being felt today.
		His sinewy, soulful African inflected fretless bass lines are the foundation on which "Graceland" is built.
		Upon a well-known South African producer's recommendation, Paul Simon flew Bakithi to New York City to begin work on "Graceland." The rest is history.
	www.washburn.com /artists/kumalo.aspx (0 words)

	Elvis Australia - Official Elvis Presley Fan Club
		On the Album Chart Elvis The King climbs from #30 to #21.
		So far the double CD album has been on the chart for eight weeks reaching a high of #4.
		Elvis, Elvis Presley and Graceland are trademarks of Elvis Presley Enterprises.
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