Title: Graduation (album) Content: Graduation is the third studio album by American hip hop recording artist and producer Kanye West. It was released on September 11, 2007 on Roc-A-Fella Records. It is also West' last album to be influenced by a college theme in both the albums title and artwork. == Critical reception == Graduation received general acclaim from music critics.Kanye West: Graduation (2007): Reviews. Metacritic. Accessed September 2, 2015. == Track listing == (*) designates co-producer (**) designates additional production ;Notes: * "Good Morning" contains samples of "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" by Elton John * "Champion" contains elements of "Kid Charlemagne" by Steely Dan * "Stronger" contains samples of "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" by Daft Punk * "I Wonder" contains samples of "My Song" by Labi Siffre * "Good Life" contains samples of "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" by Michael Jackson * "Barry Bonds" contains samples of "Long Red" by Mountain * "Drunk and Hot Girls" contains elements of "Sing Swan Song" performed by Can * "Everything I Am" contains elements of "If We Can't Be Lovers" by Prince Phillip Mitchell and "Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy * "The Glory" contains samples of "Save the Country" by Laura Nyro, "Long Red" by Mountain * "Good Night" contains samples of "Nuff Man a Dead" by Super Cat, "Wake The Town" by U-Roy * "Bittersweet Poetry" interpolates "Bittersweet" by Chairmen of the Board == Personnel == Credits adapted from liner notes. * Kanye West – executive producer, primary artist (All Tracks), producer (All Tracks except 13) * Lil Wayne - featured artist (Track 7) * Mos Def – featured artist (Track 8), backing vocals (8, 11) * T-Pain – featured artist (Track 5) * Dwele – featured artist (Track 9) * DJ Premier – featured artist (Track 10) * Jay-Z – featured artist, additional rap vocals (Track 1) * Chris Martin – featured artist, additional vocals (sung by) (Track 12) * Connie Mitchell – featured artist, additional vocals (Tracks 1-2, 6, 9) * Tanya Herron – featured artist, additional vocals (Track 8) * John Legend – featured artist, backing vocals (Tracks 5, 11) * Ne-Yo – featured artist, backing vocals (Track 5) * Jalil Williams – featured artist, additional backing vocals (Track 11) * Jehireh Williams – featured artist, additional backing vocals (Track 11) * Daphne Chen – violin (Tracks 5, 8) * Eric Gorfain – violin (Tracks 5, 8) * Luigi Mazzocchi – violin (Tracks 4, 9) * Charles Parker – violin (Tracks 4, 9) * Igor Szwec – violin (Tracks 4, 9) * Emma Kummrow – violin (Tracks 4, 9) * Olga Konopelsky – violin (Tracks 4, 9) * Gloria Justen – violin (Tracks 4, 9) * Peter Nocella – viola (Tracks 4, 9) * Leah Katz – viola (Tracks 5, 8) * Alexandra Leem – viola (Tracks 4, 9) * Alma Fernandez – viola (Track 5) * Mike Dean – keyboards (Track 3, 7), music arranger (3), string arrangements (5, 8), recording engineer (3), guitar (3), mixing (5-8, 10, 12), producer (3, 5) * Jon Brion – keyboards (Track 4), percussion (12), record producer (8) * Darryl Beaton – keyboards (Track 6) * Andy Chatterly – keyboards (Tracks 1, 3, 8, 11) * Chris Rob – keyboards (Track 6) * Richard Dodd – cello (Tracks 5, 8) * John Krovoza – cello (Track 5) * Jennie Lorenzo – cello (Tracks 4, 9) * Tim Resler – bass (Tracks 4, 9) * Omar Edwards – piano (Tracks 4-5, 10), keyboards (3, 11) synthesizer (4-5, 8), synthesizer bass (8). * Nottz Raw –producer (Track 7), recording engineer (Track 7) * Tony Rey – recording engineer (Track 6) * Seiji Sekine – recording engineer (Track 3) * Greg Koller – recording engineer (Tracks 4, 8, 12) * Bruce Buechner – recording engineer (Track 12) * Andrew Dawson – recording engineer (All Tracks), mixing (Tracks 2, 4-6, 9, 12-13) * Anthony Kilhoffer – recording engineer (Tracks 1-6, 9-12), mixing (1, 11) * Anthony Palazzole – assistant recording engineer (Track 2, 5-10, 12) * Andy Marcinkowski – assistant recording engineer (Tracks 2, 5-10, 12-13) * Richard Reitz – assistant recording engineer (Tracks 3, 6) * Jared Robbins – assistant recording engineer (Track 3) * Kengo Sakura – assistant recording engineer (Track 3) * Bram Tobey – assistant recording engineer (Tracks 1-6, 8, 10-11) * Matty Green – assistant recording engineer (Tracks 1, 9, 11-12) * Nate Hertweck – assistant recording engineer (Tracks 1-6, 10-11) * Jason Agel – assistant recording engineer (Tracks 1-6, 8, 10-11) * Tracey Waples – marketing * Al Brancch – marketing * Takashi Murakami – artwork * Carol Corless – package production * Eric Hudson – all other instruments (Track 9), producer (9) * Warryn Campbell – producer (Track 12) * Larry Gold – string arrangements, string conductor (Tracks 4, 9) * Rosie Danvers – string arrangements (Track 11) * Sandra Campbell - project coordinator * Sean Cooper – sound designer (Track 12) * Tommy D – string section producer (Track 11) * Vlado Meller – mastering * Terese Joseph – A&R; * Kyambo Joshua – executive producer * Manny Marroquin – mixing (Track 3) * Kazuhiro Mizuno – design * Patrick "Plain Pat" Reynolds – A&R;, producer (Track 11) * Timbaland – additional drum machine (Track 5), additional music programming (3) * Gus Dudgeon - producer (Track 1) * Daft Punk - music arranger (Track 3), producer (3) * Edwin Birdsong - music arranger (Track 3), producer (3) == Charts == ===Weekly charts===  == Certifications ==