
Paul Simon and Graceland set for 25th Anniversary
So to celebrate Paul, the world is giving you a 25th anniversary with your darling Graceland. Your gifts will include; a documentary film and commemorative editions of your famous album.
The album, Graceland, spent 71 weeks on the Australian album chart in total, of course reaching #1, and the documentary is made by the Director & Producer of the Metallica doco, which is fantastic.
Graceland had four charting singles in Australia: “You Can Call Me Al”, “The Boy In The Bubble”, “Graceland” and “Diamonds On The Soles of Her Shoes”. This is a landmark album deserving of the deluxe repackaging treatment as you can see by the amount of chart singles he has with Graceland.
Even the great Joe Strummer once quoted: “I don’t like the idea that people who aren’t adolescents make records. Adolescents make the best records. Except for Paul Simon. Except for Graceland. He’s hit a new plateau there, but he’s writing to his own age group. Graceland is something new.”
Happy anniversary Graceland.