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Graceland is the seventh solo studio album by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was produced by Simon, engineered by Roy Halee and released on August 25, 1986, by Warner Bros. Records. It features an eclectic mixture of genres, including pop, rock, a cappella, zydeco, isicathamiya and mbaqanga, inspired by the music of South Africa.
- Paul Simon
- August 25, 1986
- October 1985 – June 1986
- Jordan Runtagh
- Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels was the patron saint of Graceland. A wealth of underrepresented people and cultures contributed to the innovative music Simon made on his 1986 masterwork, but there’s one figure who seldom gets recognized for his role in the Gracelandodyssey.
- It all started with a mysterious bootleg cassette tape. When Heidi Berg took Lorne Michaels’ advice and ventured down the hallway to Paul Simon’s office, she couldn’t have realized that they had more in common than music.
- Simon entered the studio without a having single song prepared. When Paul Simon heard music that sent his spirit soaring, he was not content to approximate the sound with session pros and studio tricks.
- The evils of apartheid could be felt in the recording studio. Simon went to great lengths to ensure that his South African musical colleagues were treated as equals throughout the sessions.
11.6K. About “Graceland”. Graceland is Paul Simon ’s seventh solo studio album and won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1987. Coming off the commercial disappointment of Hearts and...
Graceland (song) " Graceland " is the title song of the album Graceland, released in 1986 by Paul Simon. The song features vocals by The Everly Brothers. The lyrics follow the singer's thoughts during a road trip to Graceland after the failure of his marriage.
