Graceland 25th Anniversary Edition CD

Rating

Album: Graceland 25th Anniversary Edition CD
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Boy in the Bubble	More Info...	0:04
2)	Graceland	More Info...	0:05
3)	I Know What I Know	More Info...	0:03
4)	Gumboots	More Info...	0:02
5)	Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes	More Info...	0:06
6)	You Can Call Me Al	More Info...	0:04
7)	Under African Skies	More Info...	0:03
8)	Homeless	More Info...	0:03
9)	Crazy Love, Vol. II	More Info...	0:04
10)	That Was Your Mother	More Info...	0:03
11)	All Around the World Or the Myth of Fingerprints	More Info...	0:03
12)	Homeless	More Info...	0:02
13)	Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes	More Info...	0:04
14)	All Around the World Or the Myth of Fingerprints (Early Version)	More Info...	0:03
15)	The Story of 'Graceland' - As Told By Paul Simon	More Info...

Album: Graceland 25th Anniversary Edition CD
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Boy in the Bubble	More Info...	0:04
2)	Graceland	More Info...	0:05
3)	I Know What I Know	More Info...	0:03
4)	Gumboots	More Info...	0:02
5)	Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes	More Info...	0:06
6)	You Can Call Me Al	More Info...	0:04
7)	Under African Skies	More Info...	0:03
8)	Homeless	More Info...	0:03
9)	Crazy Love, Vol. II	More Info...	0:04
10)	That Was Your Mother	More Info...	0:03
11)	All Around the World Or the Myth of Fingerprints	More Info...	0:03
12)	Homeless	More Info...	0:02
13)	Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes	More Info...	0:04
14)	All Around the World Or the Myth of Fingerprints (Early Version)	More Info...	0:03
15)	The Story of 'Graceland' - As Told By Paul Simon	More Info...

Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Paul Simon (vocals, guitar); Linda Ronstadt, The Everly Brothers, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, General M.D. Shirinda, The Gaza Sisters, Joseph Shabalala (vocals); Adrian Belew (guitar, syntesizer guitar); Chikapa "Ray" Phiri, Daniel Xilakazi (guitar); Demola Adepoju (pedal steel); Forere Motloheloa, Jonhjon Mikhalali (accordion); Alex Foster (alto sax); Lenny Pickett (tenor sax); Ronnie Cuber (baritone saxophone); Earl Gardner, Jon Faddis, Randy Brecker, Lew Soloff, Alan Rubin (trumpet); Rob Mounsey (synthesizer); Baghiti Khumalo (bass); Vusi Khumalo (drums); Lulu Masilela (tambourine); Youssou N'Dour, Makhaya Mahlangu Ralph McDonald, Babacar Faye, Assane Thiam (percussion).
Los Lobos: Cesar Rosas (vocals, guitar); David Hildago (vocals, guitar, accordion); Steve Berlin (saxophone); Conrad Lozano (bass); Louie Perez, Steve Gadd (drums).
Engineers include: Roy Halee, Peter Thwaites, Mark Cobrin.
Aired on VH-1 and PBS, GRACELAND includes interviews, performances, and additional footage not previously seen.
Audio Remasterer: Greg Calbi.
Liner Note Author: Paul Simon.
Recording information: Amigo Studios, Los Angeles (10/1985-06/1986).
Photographers: Rob Klein; Harrison Funk; Isaiah Wyner.
Arrangers: Chikapa "Ray" Phiri; Paul Simon.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (11/89) - Ranked #5 in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Best Albums Of The Eighties."

Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.116) - Ranked #81 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...Simon created an album about isolation and redemption that transcended 'world music' to become the whole world's soundtrack..."

Uncut (p.91) - "Wisely, Simon made an intimately personal album rather than an explicitly political one, but GRACELAND was nevertheless a liberation."