Octo_Russ

Paul Simon [Graceland] 

Another dose of Paul Simon from his African inspired album [25th March 2010], one of the greatest albums of all time, it's so full of lots of different ideas, and some truly great songs, and Simon perfects some of the greatest rhythms he has ever done, gone are the folky Simon & Garfunkel acoustic guitars and voices, and in comes World Music, it was a great idea, and Simon literally re-invented himself, back in 1993 when i first bought this album, i really played it a lot, and it became my 'record of the month' for February, but Paul Simon ended up having a hard time sustaining his new image, and subsequent albums were a poor shadow on this one, i don't play this as much as i used to, but when i do i still love it.

Paul Simon is American, he's now 71, he recorded this disc in 1986 in his mid-Forties, and it's his best solo album by far, the front cover is an Icon of some warrior i guess, looks like something out of the Robin Hood era, but i like the icon, it really works well.

The best tracks were 2, 5-7, 9 & 11, with the very top track of course 'Graceland' itselgfs ia charming companion.

Here's on YouTube.