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Paul Simon

Paul Simon · 1972

Paul Simon’s 1972 self-titled album is a geographically dispersed, instrumentally specific pivot from duo pop to solo genre exploration — reggae in Kingston, jazz bass in New York, violin in Paris — all built around his guitar and voice.

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Graceland

Paul Simon · 1986

Graceland is not a protest record—it’s a studio-as-collaboratory, where South African rhythm became Paul Simon’s new grammar.