David Bowie - Young Americans (1975) {1991 EMI Edition}
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© 1991 EMI / Jones Music/Mainman | CDP 79 6436 2
Rock / Contemporary Pop / Soul / Dance Rock
Rock / Contemporary Pop / Soul / Dance Rock
David Bowie had dropped hints during the Diamond Dogs tour that he was moving toward R&B, but the full-blown blue-eyed soul of Young Americans came as a shock. Surrounding himself with first-rate sessionmen, Bowie comes up with a set of songs that approximate the sound of Philly soul and disco, yet remain detached from their inspirations; even at his most passionate, Bowie sounds like a commentator, as if the entire album was a genre exercise. Nevertheless, the distance doesn't hurt the album -- it gives the record its own distinctive flavor, and its plastic, robotic soul helped inform generations of synthetic British soul. What does hurt the record is a lack of strong songwriting. "Young Americans" is a masterpiece, and "Fame" has a beat funky enough that James Brown ripped it off, but only a handful of cuts ("Win," "Fascination," "Somebody up There Likes Me") comes close to matching their quality. As a result, Young Americans is more enjoyable as a stylistic adventure than as a substantive record. [The 1991 CD has three bonus tracks, including the terrific outtake "Who Can I Be Now?"] | ” |
Tracklist:
01. Young Americans
02. Win
03. Fascination
04. Right
05. Somebody Up There Likes Me
06. Across The Universe
07. Can You Hear Me
08. Fame
09. Who Can I Be Now? (bonus track)
10. It's Gonna Be Me (bonus track)
11. John, I'm Only Dancing Again (bonus track)
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