Graceland by Paul Simon — album cover
№ 48 of 100

Graceland

Paul Simon · 1986 · Folk / Country

Graceland by Paul Simon (1986), № 48 in The Lead-In’s 100 greatest albums. Paul Simon broke the UN cultural boycott to record with Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The argument has never settled and the record has never lost.

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