Paul Simon Graceland Album background

What is an Album in music?

• a collection of photographs

• a collection of audio recordings

• a collection of stamps

• a blank book that you can stick things in

What format would the Graceland have been released as? (tick all that apply)

• Vinyl record

• Audio Cassette

• Compact Disc (CD)

• Digital Download

Answer explanation

CDs were quite new in 1986

In which decade was the Graceland album released?

• 1980s

• 1970s

• 1990s

• 2000s

Answer explanation

The album was released* in 1986

*released means when it became available for purchase

Who wrote Graceland?

• Paul Simon

• Elvis Presley

• Beethoven

• John Lennon

Where is Paul Simon from?

• England

• USA

• Poland

• South Africa

What was apartheid?

• a system of racial segregation in South Africa

• a democratic political system in the UK

• A global system that promotes equality and diversity

The album Graceland is a fusion of Western rock/pop and music of what other culture?

• Indian

• African

• Chinese

• Scottish

What other musical influences feature in the Graceland album?

• Hip Hop

• American folk rock

• musical theatre

What is a cappella?

• where the music starts before the first beat of the bar

• where the music goes across the beat

• where the vocal music is unaccompanied

What is isicathamiya?

• a soft Zulu style with unaccompanied close vocal harmonies

• South African dance music, features chanting and drumming with elements of jazz. 

• a South African street music that featured the penny whistle

• high-pitched lead vocals over a four-part harmony