David Bowie
Young Americans (1975)
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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.
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DR13 -0.70 dB -16.90 dB 5:11 01-Young Americans
DR12 -2.52 dB -17.42 dB 4:47 02-Win
DR13 -1.60 dB -17.51 dB 5:45 03-Fascination
DR13 -3.04 dB -18.57 dB 4:15 04-Right
DR12 -1.28 dB -15.82 dB 6:33 05-Somebody Up There Likes Me
DR13 -0.70 dB -16.28 dB 4:31 06-Across The Universe
DR12 -2.38 dB -16.82 dB 5:05 07-Can You Hear Me
DR15 -2.66 dB -20.30 dB 4:18 08-Fame
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