Classic Albums: 1x1

Paul Simon: Graceland

This premiere episode spotlights Paul’s 1986 Grammy-winning ‘comeback’ album. Introduced by Ringo Starr, each song is examined from the studio perspective. Paul considers the title track to be “The best I ever did”. He describes how he came up with the musical and lyrical ideas, and we hear comments from the engineers and from prominent critics, and some of the South African musicians who contributed.