Graceland

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Hated it

This is #day486 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… how do you tell the difference between terrible and mediocre? Well, you listen to your second Paul Simon album because it walks a fine line. And then, you realize there's the third one that you'd have to hear eventually. I've read that around this period he was going through some personal and creative decline… and honestly, I think he should've stuck to the decline. As if three Simon & Garfunkel records aren't enough to hear before you die. Fortunately, there are no Garfunkel solo albums on this list. This is a 1 out of 5. Looking forward to day #487.

Naja…

Semihirveetä kamaa. Tämmöstä jotenkin teennäistä hyvepaskaa. En kestänyt kuunnella edes koko levyä läpi. Ahdisti.

I so want to give this 1 star...Paul Simon sucks so bad and I've had to listen to 3 of his boring albums now, with more to come. Music for elevators. EDIT - I'm going too easy on albums that piss me off. This album pisses me off. 1 star.

misericórdia, espero nunca mais ter que ouvir isso na vida

This list doesn't need the entire catalogue of the combined Garfunkel and/or Simon. Christ.

bleh

I really didn't like this. Simon and Garfunkel have their moment in time. They have a nice folk sound (well, as nice as I'll enjoy), they have a few catchy songs. This stinks. It really does. His soft folky voice just grates on me. I really don't like it. I also hate the drum sound. I don't really care for much of it. There were some pretty poor placed lyric lines. I didn't find many redeeming features. My wife even told me to turn it off. "We don't want to suffer with you." she said. Probably a little unfair, but 1 star. Patch things up with Garfunkel, it will make you suck less! 1 Star.

holy balls this was so buns literally listened to it and did not find a single bit interesting

Nope. Hate it.

Kan inte förstå valet av gitarr sound och bassound. Det är kränkande dåligt och förstör den mediokra musiken. Låter som musik till disneyfilmer eller något liknande. Inte min grej

I know what i know is probably one of the most annoying songs ive heard in recent memory

not my cuppa

Best Song: You Can Call Me Al Worst Song: Diamond on the Soles of Her Shoes Added: 2/11

Lo tuve que sacar, malardo

Eeeeeee no me gustó. Quisiera saber que consumió antes de componerlo nomás

Recording this album got Paul Simon put straight on the top of AZAPO’s assassination list. Not worth it I reckon.

Always feel bored listening to this guy, I don't care how much raving goes on for him. I used to say the same about Dylan too, but now I love him. Maybe one day this'll click.

Oh dear... This is truly horrible album. I tried to listen to this unprejudiced. I guess I was in my first year of gymnasium when this album came out and I really hated the singles of it. No I listened to the entirety of it and I really hated it. I do really appreciate the singer-songwriter Paul Simon. Just look at my appreciation of 'Bookends'. Bur this is... let's say: appalling. It's an attempt to blend African music with modern popmusic, but it doesn't work. They remain two world apart and the results are ridiculous. I mea, just listen to 'I know what I know'. This can't be serious? 'That was your mother' is not much better, with a totally fucked up accordeon and the ugliest sax solo ever. What on earth were they thinking? Yes, I know it's not really fair to listen to mid eighties music and its horrible production with nowadays ears but this is not just production. This is pop music at its worst.

Nothing cool about Paul Simon

Least favorite style of music along with 70s hair band

Awful derivative, white man trying to add African shit to his album so bad

This shit is just not my thing

tacky

Utterly soulless. So devoid of soul that listening evokes a mild terror, even

Paul ran out of English folk music to hack and had to move continents I guess. Bassist is cool, but that's about it. 0/10

Total cack

Disgraceland more like This annoyed me more than I would have liked it Maybe it's the voice? Maybe it's the lyrics? Just annoying

I skipped forward more songs on this album than I think any I've listened to so far. I really don't like Paul Simon's voice and nothing in any of these tracks makes up for that

This is the 64th album I’m rating. I’ve great things about the album but I know nothing about him except for That 70’s Show. Adding to my Playlist - Nothing. Not Adding to my Playlist - The Boy in the Bubble, Graceland, I Know What I Know, Gumboots, Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes, You Can Call Me Al, Under African Skies, Homeless, Crazy Love, Vol. II, That Was Your Mother, and All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints. All in all I liked 0/11 songs. This is boring and not that good. Why did Paul Simon do this? I need to listen to some Fiona Apple.

This was a VERY hard listen. Not my style AT ALL

Really not my type of thing, I don't care for the voice nor anything that is going on, it doesn't reek of the 80's but frankly its rubbish. 'I Know What I Know' I found particularly annoying and could well have been heard playing at the New Inn, 'You Can Call Me Al' was recognisable and okay but I'm hesitant to add it to the top tracks as it's not saying much considering I didn't like a single other track. Folk music is uninspiring to me so I was unlikely to ever like this but I'm unsure how Mr Young, deep within the 1980s, makes music which sounds all the same. How 'The Queen is Dead' and this {Graceland} were made in the same year is beyond me, the backdrop of Apartheid is certainly interesting but in no way makes this album listenable to me. In no way will I ever listen to this again. 1/10 flat and dull. Top Tracks -> You Can Call Me Al

Yeah…not a big Paul Simon fan it turns out.

Generic sounds from the early 90s. Story telling, not singing. Kinda racist in some parts. I sometimes feel like on a folks festival. City Pop / Rock ?

1/5 its not that itd put me to sleep but like if i was sleeping and someone played this id wake up fr. its bad. i dont like the lyrics. its giving stuck on a roadtrip with your uncle who hates you. and his friends too.

Probably the perfect example of what the '80s had the worst to offer. Production is horrible; I only hope they were experimenting with digital, which might be the only acceptable excuse for this completely flat sound. For the rest, blatant cultural appropriation by a middle-aged folk singer who doesn't know if he should try to put an effort into singing some tunes or just do some white man slam. Lyrics are dull as hell, nothing to save here, just move along, folks.

fucking hell nicholas adams is here, bog off

God this is terrible. I wonder if people listen to similar solo artists defected from their bands and say, "ugh this sounds like a Paul Simon album"

1/5 veldig irriterende

I was really excited for Graceland, obviously it’s an iconic album but I’ve never heard it. It is easily the biggest disappointment in my project so far out of almost 400 albums. I guess in 1986 no one in a North America had ever heard anything from Africa. But just throwing in African sounds hasn’t aged well, it’s borderline offensive. 3.7/10

You can call me Al and some other songs...

Boring

I made it through three and a half songs before sending it back. Off to a terrible start with some sort of accordion static noise, it never got better. It made me think that Vampire Weekend listened to Graceland and thought 'we could do this so much better'.

huh

Bland

No. I don't like most Simon and Garfunkel stuff. Them separately are way worse. Stop.

Boring

Liked Song You Can Call Me Al

I don't get it, but then again, I don't get Simon and Garfunkel either. This is the sort of record that makes me want to scream at baby boomers like "THIS is what you think is an alltime record?" while throwing an endless stream of vinyl copies across the room. Chevy Chase was the best part of "You Can Call me Al" and given how he has become known as one of the biggest tools in show business, even that carries very little water.

first listen. i tried really hard but i didnt like this album at all. it just went from boring to annoying. i prefer Simon and Garfunkel together

Sounds like shit dumbass

Didnt know rock could be gentrified but yeah, here it is. I try really hard to not be a music snob but I draw the line at Paul Simon. This guy saw 80s folk rock and decided to strip it of all its meaning and essence to market it to a bigger audience with a horrible "world music" vibe. Usually when that happens I try to focus less on the message and more on just the music itself but even them idk what happens but it sounds like shit. The recording sucks, the instruments sucks, his voice sucks, the whole thing mashed together sucks. fuck off

If this was a piece of tragic performance art illustrating the mundane and tedious reflections of a middle aged white man’s descent into mediocrity and irrelevance it would be a masterpiece. However, this meandering pap seems to be a serious effort and it seems to have been well received at the time by other, presumably, quite boring people. As I listened to Graceland disjointedly jangling along I longed for yesterday’s funner offering (Sister Sledge). Soon Graceland faded meaninglessly into the background as it is simply too dull to cut above other noises and I started thinking about today’s polarised world that seems fuelled by perpetually outraged old people. A thought then occurred to me; Boomers were young once - they listened to Sister Sledge and Sunday’s far more progressive musical offering from the Rolling Stones. Then they listened to Graceland and I wonder if it was then that they began their own descent into middle aged dissatisfaction, vindictive entitlement and a comfort zone of victimhood. I think what I’m trying to say is that Graceland is to music what Boris Johnson is to politics; an offensive but inexplicably popular mediocrity.

Not for me.

Not for me. A bit too ‘country’ but I tried

One of the worst. Not sure how anyone likes this or thinks it is influential. Painful.

when it's not boring it's annoying. no thanks

music for vampires. hated. (⌐■_■)

Solo Paul Simon is not my jam. Its a weird mix of older folk-rock sounds with very produced 60s synth sounds. Not my favorite combo. Simon and Garfunkel is my preference

Not really a fan of Paul Simon, so this will be an interesting listen. After listening, my feelings about him haven’t changed. Not a fan.

fuck off

Not my cup of tea. Boring

I really tried to like it, but just couldn't get into it at all. Sorry Paul, but seems like a world/folk music ain't my jam

1-2

Totally not my music. (But bonus point for "You Can Call Me Al".

I did not like it.

I guess it’s trying to be worldly, but it just sounds 80s blah.

à chier

You’re a chode Paul!

Nah. No. I don’t think this needs to be heard by anyone. The word that comes to mind is Fartknocker. It’s fartknocker music. Sorry Paul Simon.

Should I mark this as “did not listen”? I made it through the first 10-15 seconds of each song. Not for me.

Annoying. Every song feels forced and each sound is disjointed and random. Concept "world" album with no thought to song writing. Just a bunch of world "musicians" jamming in a studio. Can't finish this.

sadly not my favorite. just so not my style.

It must be seen as a "classic" but I didn't feel that vibe.

I don't think this aged GRACEfully. It sounds like a commercial for an organic breakfast cereal targeted at kids.

Three songs in and this is an incredibly irritating sounding album. Oh God please end. Like fingernails down a blackboard. Yawn. Thank God its finished. I hated it and will never listen to it again.

The same thing over and over and over. Got boring real fast. 2/10 1/5

Душная хуита!

Dai, alla fine ci siamo divertiti!

Penso che l'unico modo per definire questo album è: una baracconata. Simon ha fatto praticamente "La mia africa" di Boris, ha preso vari musicisti africani e non, tutti generalmente talentuosi, e gli ha fatto fare un album al posto suo senza probabilmente andare oltre una comprensione superficiale. In certi casi è veramente troppo palese, tipo "Homeless", dove Simon esce dal bagno durante gli ultimi 20 secondi di registrazione per dire le sue due cosette in modo da firmare il pezzo. E comunque è meglio così, perché quando Simon è più presente nei pezzi il risultato è a dir poco discutibile e più di una volta m'ha strappato una risata che non credo fosse l'effetto sperato da Simon. Un'altra nota che non possono non fare: ma che c'entra la copertina? Comunque per me sto album è tipo un 2, e volevo dare 2, però poi me so reso conto che c'è il suo nome sulla copertina e sto votando la parte sua dell'album e quindi è 1.

Me rehuso a escuchar este disco. Perdón. Le doy una estrella.

Sé que Paul Simon es así como una leyenda de la música, pero simplemente este tipo de música no es mi tipo. Me pareció extremadamente aburrido... -_-zZzZz