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Aug 1, 2012[Graceland] was unique in its total, and totally natural, synthesis of musical strains that turned out to be not nearly as different from each other as its listeners might have expected, and the result resonated strongly around the world and across generations.
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Jun 8, 2012This entire collection proves one thing: Paul Simon and Graceland will remain as one of the most relevant pop records of all time.
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Jun 8, 2012Reminds us that, for all of Simon's genius with tunes and lyrics, it's his rhythmic searching and sophistication that sets him apart.
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Jun 27, 2012The album is the real star here, sounding as fresh, vital and universally accessible as ever 25 years down the line.
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Jun 8, 2012The music of Graceland is as stirring as always.
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Jun 8, 2012The character of the base music here is overwhelming: complex, ebullient and life-affirming, and in yoking this intricate dance music to his sophisticated New Yorker sensibility, Simon created a transatlantic bridge that neither pandered to nor patronised either culture.
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Jul 26, 2012The usual ephemeral padding--an extensive oral history rendered redundant by the documentary, a poster, and a replica of Simon's legal pad of lyrics--fills the linen-bound Graceland deluxe, which footnotes the remastered album with a 25-minute bonus CD of demos mostly heard on previous editions, though a 10-minute "The Story of 'Graceland'" audio deconstruction by Simon sums up the box in a song.
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Jun 12, 2012Forget the boycotts and controversy, and marvel once again at the magic that Simon conjured up on Graceland.
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Jun 8, 2012The new box set does indeed help shed new light on the music and the entire project by way of the various bonus features that now accompany the original album... To paraphrase Rod Stewart, every album may indeed tell a story, but some stories are dramatically more compelling than others. The story of "Graceland" is one of the most compelling in all of pop music.
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Negative: 7 out of 53
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