Graceland [25th Anniversary Edition]
- Paul Simon
- Band Name: Paul Simon
- Record Label: Legacy
- Release Date: Jun 5, 2012
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Jun 12, 201290Forget the boycotts and controversy, and marvel once again at the magic that Simon conjured up on Graceland.
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Jun 27, 2012100The 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, 201290The 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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Aug 1, 201292[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, 2012100This 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, 2012100Reminds 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 8, 2012100The music of Graceland is as stirring as always.
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Jun 8, 2012100The 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.