Classic Albums Paul Simon Graceland (1997)

Singersongwriter Paul Simon had been on the cuttingedge of pop music throughout most of the 1960s and the 70s first as half of the seminal folkrock duo Simon Garfunkel and then as a wellreceived solo artist But the rise of 1980s rock and new wave saw a decline in Simons commercial success and the singer responded by experimenting with different musical stylesmost notably world beatthat culminated in his adventurous 1986 masterpiece GRACELAND The albums fusion of American folkrock songwriting and buoyant South African rhythms not only broke new ground in pop music but became Simons biggestselling solo record This episode of the CLASSIC ALBUMS series examines the making of Simons groundbreaking work through interviews behindthescenes footage music videos and live performances of album tracks such as Boy in the Bubble Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes You Can Call Me Al and Under African Skies