History Music / Graceland

The album is famous for featuring the corporation of many African musicians, thus providing a very African atmosphere and giving those musicians the ColbertBump.

It was placed at #71 in Magazine/RollingStone's list of [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]]. Magazine/TimeMagazine included the album in their [[TimeAllTime100Albums 2006 list of 100 timeless and essential albums.]]. In 2007 "Graceland" was inducted in the UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry for being "historically, culturally and aesthetically important." A documentary about the creative process behind the making of this album can be seen in the ''Series/ClassicAlbums'' TV documentary series, as well as in the 2012 documentary film, ''"Under African Skies"'' by Joe Berlinger.

* ShoutOut: In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode ''Simpsons Safari'' where the family visits Africa it turns out that a chimpanzee biologist has a whole collection of diamonds, or as Marge puts it: "Even on the soles of her shoes."

* OnTheRoad: The protagonist in "Graceland" is driving to Graceland with his son from a previous marriage.

The album is famous for featuring the corporation of many African musicians, thus providing a very African atmosphere.

* CelebrityCameo: In the music video of "You Can Call Me Al" Creator/ChevyChase makes a cameo.

'''''Graceland''''' is the sixth studio album by Music/PaulSimon, released in 1986. It is perhaps his most famous solo album, well known for hits such as "The Boy In The Bubble", "Graceland", "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes" and "You Can Call Me Al". It's certainly his best selling record in commercial terms. It sold over 14 million copies and won the 1987 UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for ''Album Of The Year''.

* SpecialGuest: Music/TheEverlyBrothers provide backing vocals on the title tune, while the band Los Lobos accompanies Simon on "All Around The World Or The Myth Of Fingerprints".

* OnTheRoad: The protagonist in "Graceland" is driving to Graceland with his daughter from a previous marriage.

--> ''Diamonds on the soles of her shoes''* OnTheRoad: The protagonist in "Graceland" is driving to Graceland with his daughter from a previous marriage.

'''''Graceland''''' is the sixth studio album by Music/PaulSimon, released in 1986. It is perhaps his most famous solo album, well known for hits such as "The Boy In The Bubble", "Graceland", "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes" and "You Can Call Me Al" and widely regarded his MagnumOpus. It's certainly his best selling record in commercial terms. It sold over 14 million copies and won the 1987 UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for ''Album Of The Year''.

* EitherOrTitle: "The Myth of Fingerprints, or, All Around the World".

* OnTheRoad: The protagonist in "Graceland" is driving to Graceland with his daughter from a previous marriage.
* OneManSong: "You Can Call Me "Al""
* OneWordTitle: "Graceland", "Gumboots", "Homeless".

--> ''Diamonds on the soles of her shoes''

* BilingualBonus: ''Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes'' and ''Homeless'' have lines in Swahili.

'''''Graceland''''' is the sixth studio album by Music/PaulSimon, released in 1986. It is perhaps his most famous solo album, well known for hits such as "The Boy In The Bubble", "Graceland", "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes" and "You Can Call Me Al". It's certainly his best selling record in commercial terms. It sold over 14 million copies. Many consider it to be his MagnumOpus.

Magazine/TimeMagazine included the album in their [[TimeAllTime100Albums 2006 list of 100 timeless and essential albums.]]. In 2007 "Graceland" was inducted in the UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry for being "historically, culturally and aesthetically important." A documentary about the creative process behind the making of this album can be seen in the ''Series/ClassicAlbums'' TV documentary series, as well as in the 2012 documentary film, ''"Under African Skies"'' by Joe Berlinger.

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* BubbleBoy: ''The Boy in the Bubble.'' Sort of obvious...

* OnTheRoad: The protaganist in "Graceland" is driving to Graceland with his daughter from a previous marriage.

A documentary about the creative process behind the making of this album can be seen in the ''Series/ClassicAlbums'' TV documentary series, as well as in the 2012 documentary film, ''"Under African Skies"'' by Joe Berlinger.

--> ''and sometimes when I'm falling, flying or tumbling in turmoil''

* AfricanChant: Omnipresent throughout the album. The musical sounds of this album were very much inspired by South African musicians Music/JohnnyClegg and Sipho Mchunu and their band Juluka. Despite this only the track ''"Under African Skies"'' directly references UsefulNotes/{{Africa}}. The title track takes place in Graceland, Memphis Tennessee, USA, for instance!

--> ''She is the kind of a girl''
--> ''Who could say things that''
--> ''Weren't that funny''

'''''Graceland''''' is the sixth studio album Music/PaulSimon, released in 1986. It is perhaps his most famous solo album, well known for hits such as "The Boy In The Bubble", "Graceland", "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes" and "You Can Call Me Al". It's certainly his best selling record in commercial terms. It sold over 14 million copies. Many consider it to be his MagnumOpus.

'''Graceland''' is the sixth studio album Music/PaulSimon, released in 1986. It is perhaps his most famous solo album, well known for hits such as "The Boy In The Bubble", "Graceland", "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes" and "You Can Call Me Al". It's certainly his best selling record of all time in commercial terms. It sold over 14 million copies. Many consider it to be his MagnumOpus.

* ShoutOut: In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode ''Simpsons Safari'' where the family visits Africa it turns out that a chimpansee biologist has a whole collection of diamonds, or as Marge puts it: "Even on the soles of her shoes."

''''Graceland''''' is the sixth studio album Music/PaulSimon, released in 1986. It is perhaps his most famous solo album. It's certainly his best selling record of all time in commercial terms. It sold over 14 million copies. Many consider it to be his MagnumOpus.

* AffectionateNickname:
--> ''There's a girl in New York City who calls herself the human trampoline/ and sometimes when I'm falling, flying or tumbling in turmoil/ I say: "Whoa, so this is what she means."/She means we're bouncing into Graceland.''

* AlbumTitleDrop:

* BilingualBonus: ''Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes'' and ''Homeless''.

* DoNotCallMePaul: "You Can Call Me Al".

* HomelessHero: "Homeless".

** "Boy In The Bubble".

* OneWordSong: "Graceland", "Gumboots", "Homeless".
* NiceShoes: "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes".

'''Graceland''' is a 1985 album by Music/PaulSimon and perhaps his most famous solo album. It's certainly his best selling record of all time in commercial terms. It sold over 14 million copies. Many consider it to be his MagnumOpus.

''''

# "The Boy In The Bubble"
# "Graceland"
# "I Know What I Know"
# "Gumboots"
# "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes"

# "All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints" (3:15)
''''

''"Graceland"'' is a 1985 album by Music/PaulSimon and perhaps his most famous solo album. It's certainly his best selling record of all time in commercial terms. It sold over 14 million copies. Many consider it to be his MagnumOpus.

* AffectionateNickname: ''"There's a girl in New York City who calls herself the human trampoline/ and sometimes when I'm falling, flying or tumbling in turmoil/ I say: "Whoa, so this is what she means."/She means we're bouncing into Graceland;"''
* UsefulNotes/{{Africa}}: The musical sounds of this album were very much inspired by South African musicians Music/JohnnyClegg and Sipho Mchunu and their band Juluka. Despite this only the track ''"Under African Skies"'' directly references Africa. The title track takes place in Graceland, Memphis Tennessee, USA, for instance!
* AfricanChant: Omnipresent throughout the album.
* AlbumTitleDrop: ''"I'm going to Graceland, Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee"'' in ''"Graceland"''.
* BilingualBonus: ''"Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes"'' and ''"Homeless"''.
* BubbleBoy: "The Boy in the Bubble." Sort of obvious...
* DoNotCallMePaul: ''"You Can Call Me Al"''.
* EitherOrTitle: ''"The Myth of Fingerprints, or, All Around the World"''.
* HaveWeMet: ''"I Know What I Know"''.
* HeyItsThatGuy: In the music video of ''"You Can Call Me Al"'' Creator/ChevyChase makes a cameo.
* HomelessHero: ''"Homeless"''.

** ''"Boy In The Bubble"''.
** ''"That Was Your Mother"'' - The upbeat zydeco music disguises the fact that the lyrics are basically a father complaining to their child that he and his mother don't have much fun since he was born.
* OnTheRoad: The protaganist in ''"Graceland"'' is driving to Graceland with his daughter from a previous marriage.
* OneManSong: ''You Can Call Me "Al"''
* NiceShoes: ''"Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes"''.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: ''"The Boy In The Bubble"'' references David Vetter and Ted Devita, two boys whose health was so weak that he had to live inside a special ''"bubble"'' chamber. In the same song the baby with the baboon heart is referenced as well. This was a child that had a baboon heart transplant since no human donor was available. She lived about 8 days and much controversy surrounded the event.
* WeirdnessMagnet: The men in ''"You Can Call Me Al"'' wonder why they feel bad or certain things happen to them?

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A 2012 documentary film, ''"Under African Skies"'' by Joe Berlinger was made about the creative process behind the album.

!!Tropes found on this album:

* UsefulNotes/{{Africa}}: The musical sounds of this album were very much inspired by South African musicians Johnny Clegg and Sipho Mchunu and the band Juluka. Despite this only the track ''"Under African Skies"'' directly references Africa. The title track takes place in Graceland, Memphis Tennessee, USA, for instance!

''"Graceland"'' is a 1985 album by Music/PaulSimon and perhaps his most famous solo album. It's certainly his best selling record of all time in commercial terms. It sold over 14 million copies.