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Young Americans [Enhanced] [Original recording reissued]

~ David Bowie
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  • Audio CD (6 Sep 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Enhanced, Original recording reissued
  • Label: EMI
  • ASIN: B00001OH7T
  • Other Editions: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
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1. Young Americans
2. Win
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5. Somebody Up There Likes Me
6. Across The Universe
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By 1975, when Young Americans was originally released, people were accustomed to being surprised by David Bowie. Even so, his decision to immerse himself in the traditions of Philadelphia soul raised eyebrows to heights rarely witnessed before or since. In retrospect, Young Americans occupies a reasonably logical place in the Bowie canon, containing both faint echoes of the glam excess of the preceding Diamond Dogs and subtle hints of Bowie's encroaching cocaine paranoia that would result, a year later, in the compellingly deranged Station To Station. It has never been in Bowie's nature to do things by halves, and he went about making Young Americans with the demented energy that has propelled his career to such towering altitudes and such horrifying depths (guest musicians included John Lennon, Luther Vandross and David Sanborn). The quality control was certainly uneven--the album contains such great moments as the title track, "Fame" and "Win", and a lot of wishy-washy fillers, even by Bowie's standards. But, taken as a whole, Young Americans remains one of the most influential records of Bowie's influential career. --Andrew Mueller


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David Bowie abandoned the glam/sci-fi personae of Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane and Diamond Dogs with this radical departure. Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios, the home of Philadelphia International, it featured the label's crack house band and, as a result, confirmed the singer's growing love of soul and R&B. Pulsating dance grooves abound, in particular on the disco-influenced 'Fame', which topped the US singles chart. The song was co-written with John Lennon, a compliment Bowie repaid by reinventing the Beatles' 'Across The Universe' as a dancefloor classic. Such self-confidence abounds throughout this album which shows the singer firmly in command of yet another musical direction.

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars For the more sophisticated Bowie fan, 15 Dec 2004
By Mr. D. H. Rowley "goldgreen" (London) - See all my reviews
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On first listening this does not match Ziggy Stardust or Hunky Dory, but the more you get to know Bowie's work the more you should appreciate this. More than any of this other albums this has one linked mood. The mood I guess being an insight into the blissed out, cocaine high of an international rock star from the mid seventies, who has a golden touch and is living his life to the hilt. His singing on the title track is arguably his best ever. And most audacious of all, wonder at how a skinny white guy from Bromley with bad teeth and a dodgy eye can make his version of black urban soul music sound so good?
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Glorious album, 17 Dec 2006
This album really has opened my eyes, I was always interested in Bowie but never heard that much, other than singles. It took me a few listens but I can now say, it is a glorious album, soulful and surprisingly refined considering that it is 30 years old. The sax on `Can You Hear Me.' sends a shiver down my spine. How did I miss the title track first time around? That almost rapping bit at the end is shockingly well done, it just makes you feel good.

I don't really know Bowies stuff that well and was taken to buying this after reading a book (Coming Out As A Bowie Fan In Leeds, Yorkshire, England by Mick McCann) which has a small chapter on this album. McCann claims that this is the most `sophisticated' pop album ever made, that Bowie's voice is at it's most `natural' and it's best on this album. The book is a coming of age story not a book on Bowie as such and a great read, very funny. The most sophisticated album ever made? I can't think of competitor, maybe Pink Floyd but that's a completely different kind of sophistication. Young Americans? I bought it and I'm very happy I did.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Everyone's a Winner, 30 Oct 2003
By L. Davidson (Belfast, N.Ireland) - See all my reviews
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Can't believe that many Bowie fans dont like this album - it's full of great songs expertly sung. It marked a stunning change of style and direction for Bowie from the Glam Rock years of the early Seventies and displayed his remarkable ability to make brilliant definitive records in all sorts of musical genres ; Glam Rock in Ziggy and Aladdin , Hard Rock in The Man Who Sold the World, Electronic music in Low and Heroes , New Romantic in Scary Monsters and Soul in Young Americans. Young Americans is mellifluous and every song is an aural delight right from the familiar opening bars of the anthemic Title Track . "Win" , "Can You Hear Me" and "Somebody Up There Likes Me" are personal favourites , but his version of the Beatles "Across the Universe" , after several listens, surpasses the original and is one of Bowies best covers. "Fame" is another well known Bowie standard which appears towards the end of the record and the additional tracks on my version of the album; "Who can I be now" , "Its gonna be me" and "John Im only dancing again" are all excellent. The album gets better with each listen , a familiar feature of most of Bowies music and only people who dont like the "White Soul" musical genre could dislike this album. It is one of Bowies more commercial albums and you can see the direct link and influence it has with the successful mainstream Bowie offerings of the 1980's like "Let's Dance". Well worth purchasing.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Young Americans: by David Bowie
Certainly one of his most original albums; moving away from his "Ziggy Stardust" image to produce this album, full of Philadelphia style Soul images. Read more
Published 9 months ago by John Barber

4.0 out of 5 stars One of his best
Young Americans is an album that tends to get overlooked amid Bowie's formidable '70's output, but I actually think it's one of his finest efforts. Read more
Published 11 months ago by M. Evans

5.0 out of 5 stars Saxtastic
I'll get the criticism done with first. His cover of the Beatles song Across The Universe is terrible and he should never have recorded it. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Louis Mazzini

4.0 out of 5 stars Staggering career shift
The Glam circus seemed jaded. Looking at the pictures of David and the Spiders, by 1974, was a bit like waking up on January 1st, worse for wear, and taking in the tat and glitter... Read more
Published 13 months ago by John Pownall

5.0 out of 5 stars Young Americans: What Ed thinks
This is my No. 1 all time favourite Bowie album. It is the ideal record for relaxing on a very hot, long summer evening in the garden, BBQ going, glass or two of white. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Edward Hough

5.0 out of 5 stars White Soul Writhing

I first got hold of this album in 1975- not having enough disposable capital to go to a record store I swopped a Levis denim jacket for the Young Americans RCA cassette. Read more
Published on 3 Jul 2007 by Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles

5.0 out of 5 stars what's this?...sounds good, but is it Bowie really?
after the slightly disapointing "Diamond Digs", Bowie heads in a different direction (and not for the last time either). Read more
Published on 25 Sep 2006 by Mr. J. Gould

4.0 out of 5 stars Bowies soul album
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You got it!
Featuring great trcks such as the title track,Fame and Accross the universe (a very good Lennon cover) this album hits... Read more
Published on 17 Mar 2006 by Raven

5.0 out of 5 stars Somebody Down here likes this.
Hands up I am a Bowie fan. But I am also a huge muisc fan in general. Its hard for people to understand just how contraversial Bowie was at the time. Read more
Published on 6 Mar 2006 by Londonboy

5.0 out of 5 stars Bowie's soul album...
In the Summer of 1974 while Bowie was taking a break from the “Diamond Dogs” tour he booked himself into the Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia to record what would... Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2006 by Milt Ingarfield

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