David Bowie - Young Americans (1975) {2007, Special Edition, Remastered} CD-Rip

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Artist: David Bowie
Title: Young Americans
Year Of Release: 1975 / 2007
Label: EMI #0946 3 51258 2 5
Genre: Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul
Quality: EAC Rip -> WavPack (Img+Cue, Log) / MP3 CBR320
Total Time: 00:58:51
Total Size: 426 / 159 Mb (Full Scans)
WebSite: Album Preview

Young Americans is the ninth studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released on 7 March 1975 by RCA Records. The album marked a departure from the glam rock style of Bowie's previous albums, showcasing his interest in soul and R&B music. Bowie would call the album's sound "plastic soul", describing it as "the squashed remains of ethnic music as it survives in the age of Muzak rock, written and sung by a white limey". Initial recording sessions took place in Philadelphia with producer Tony Visconti and a variety of musicians, including guitarist Carlos Alomar, who would become one of Bowie's most frequent collaborators, and singer Luther Vandross. Bowie drew influence from the sound of "local dance halls", which were blaring with the "lush strings, sliding hi-hat whispers, and swanky R&B rhythms of Philadelphia Soul". Later sessions took place in New York City, including contributions from John Lennon. Although Bowie was among the first English pop musicians of the era to overtly engage with black musical styles, the album was very successful in the US; the album itself reached the Top 10 in the Billboard charts, with the song "Fame" hitting the number-one the same year the album was released. It was generally well received by critics. In 2013, New Musical Express ranked the album at No. 175 in its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

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.

~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music

Track List:

01. Young Americans [5:16]
02. Win [4:46]
03. Fascination [5:47]
04. Right [4:18]
05. Somebody Up There Likes Me [6:33]
06. Across The Universe [4:31]
07. Can You Hear Me [5:07]
08. Fame [4:21]
09. John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) [7:03]
10. Who Can I Be Now [4:40]
11. It's Gonna Be Me (With Strings) [6:28]

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