Politics, Paul Simon and his favourite songs from 1986's 'Graceland'

Politics, Paul Simon and his favourite songs from 1986's 'Graceland'

Just as his career looked set to start waning, singer-songwriter Paul Simon accidentally released his most defining album. After cementing himself as one of the essential artists of the 1960s through his partnership with Art Garfunkel and releasing a string of successful records across the following decade, Simon had reached a creative and commercial lull heading into the 1980s. Coupled with the breakdown of his marriage to Carrie Fisher and Hea…