graceland (album)

align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|Graceland
lign="center" colspan="3"\|
lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|Album by Paul Simon
lign="left" valign="top"\|Released	colspan="2" valign="top"\|August, 1986
lign="left" valign="top"\|Genre	colspan="2" valign="top"\|Rock
lign="left" valign="top"\|Length	colspan="2" valign="top"\|44 min 43 sec
lign="left" valign="top"\|Record label	colspan="2" valign="top"\|Warner Brothers
lign="left" valign="top"\|Producers	colspan="2" valign="top"\|Paul Simon
gcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|Professional reviews
lign="left" valign="top"\|AMG review	valign="top"\|5/5	valign="top"\|link
gcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|Paul Simon Chronology
align="top"\|Hearts & Bones (1983)	valign="top"\|Graceland (1986)	valign="top"\|The Rhythm of the Saints 1990

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. 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. This view was not supported by the United Nations Anti-Apartheid Committee, as the album showcased the talents of the black South African musicians while offering no support to the South African government. Linda Ronstadt appears on the track "Under African Skies" and the group Los Lobos appear on the last track, "All Around The World or The Myth Of Fingerprints". A popular music video starring Chevy Chase was made for the song "You Can Call Me Al". 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. In 1998 Q magazine readers voted it the 56th greatest album of all time; in 2003 the TV network VH1 placed it at number 84.

Track listing

"The Boy In The Bubble"
"Graceland"
"I Know What I Know"
"Gumboots"
"Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes"
"You Can Call Me Al"
"Under African Skies"
"Homeless"
"Crazy Love Vol II"
"That Was Your Mother"
"All Around The World or The Myth Of Fingerprints"

Charts & Awards

Billboard Music Chart Album

lign="left"\|Chart	align="left"\|Position
lign="left"\|1986	align="left"\|The Billboard 200	align="left"\|3

Singles

lign="left"\|Single	align="left"\|Chart	align="left"\|Position
lign="left"\|1986	align="left"\|Graceland	align="left"\|Mainstream Rock Tracks	align="left"\|38
lign="left"\|1986	align="left"\|Graceland	align="left"\|The Billboard Hot 100	align="left"\|81
lign="left"\|1986	align="left"\|Graceland	align="left"\|The Billboard Hot 100	align="left"\|82
lign="left"\|1986	align="left"\|You Can Call Me Al	align="left"\|Adult Contemporary	align="left"\|15
lign="left"\|1986	align="left"\|You Can Call Me Al	align="left"\|The Billboard Hot 100	align="left"\|23
lign="left"\|1987	align="left"\|The Boy in the Bubble	align="left"\|Mainstream Rock Tracks	align="left"\|15
lign="left"\|1987	align="left"\|The Boy in the Bubble	align="left"\|The Billboard Hot 100	align="left"\|86
lign="left"\|1999	align="left"\|You Can Call Me Al	align="left"\| The Billboard Hot 100	align="left"\|42

GRAMMY Awards

lign="left"\|Album/Track	align="left"\|Award	align="left"\|Winner
lign="left"\|1986	align="left"\|Graceland (album)	align="left"\|Album Of The Year	align="left"\|6697
lign="left"\|1987	align="left"\|Graceland (song)	align="left"\|Record Of The Year	align="left"\|7061

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