David Bowie - Young Americans

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Aug 29, 2018 Start Date

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Artikel Name: Young Americans
Genre: Pop englischsprachig Produkt Typ: LP (Vinyl) Label: Parlophone Label Group (PLG) Titelanzahl: 8

Trackliste LP - 1

1. David Bowie - Young Americans 2. David Bowie - Win 3. David Bowie - Fascination 4. David Bowie - Right 5. David Bowie - Somebody Up There Likes Me 6. David Bowie - Across the Universe 7. David Bowie - Can You Here Me 8. David Bowie - Fame

Beschreibung

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. [Young Americans was re-released on LP in 2017.]~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Stephen Thomas Erlewine