After splitting from Art Garfunkel in 1970, Paul Simon thrived as a solo artist throughout the early ’70s, peaking with the Grammy-winning 1975 LP Still Crazy After All These Years and the 1977 compilation Greatest Hits, Etc. But after Still Crazy, Simon had difficulty coming up with enough material for a new album, and then he got distracted, making the flop 1980 movie One Trick Pony and its sketchy soundtrack. Simon followed that up by reuniting with Garfunkel for a massive concert in Central Park and a world tour, but the duo squabbled, and sessions for a new Simon & Garfunkel album were scrapped, with the material reworked into Simon’s poor-selling (albeit very good) 1983 LP Hearts And Bones.
So it’s fair to say that by the time Simon began recording his 1986 album Graceland, he was in a slump. At the time, few would’ve expected that Simon ...
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