Young Americans/Win/Fascination/Right/Somebody Up There Likes Me/Across The Universe/Can You Hear Me/Fame
After a string of excellent albums from David Bowie hopes were sky high that Young Americans would continue his winning run. Sadly, his fans would have been massively disappointed with this hopelessly bland soul release. (US:9 UK:2)
“Well some of Bowie's hard-core fans don't like this one because they fell in love with his earlier work. But remember you have to take each of his albums as a separate entity, because Bowie does what he likes when he likes. Young Americans is a masterpiece crossover album and shows just how far his talents can stretch.”
“It's a great blend of Bowie's ability to maintain an impeccable sense of what is truly good music mixed with his undying need to experiment with different sounds, instruments, musicians and genres.”
“Coming hot off the heels of a string of successful glam rock albums, this record features a wild change in direction to soul and funk territory. Spearheaded by Fame, there's more funk where that came from in the form of Fascination, a potent slab of sloppy bass, slinky guitar riffs and massive choruses. The title track goes a long way in providing this record with its fair share of danceable tunes.”
“While Young Americans is an interesting experiment and has its moments, most of the album comes across as bland and emotionless. Bowie couldn't have picked a better way to describe this album as plastic soul.”
“I wonder why a pop-rock genius would want to create this kind of rubbish soul music. No power, no good melodies and no suitable background rock musicians.”
“It is significantly worse than any of his others from the 1970s, lacking Bowie's creative vision and personality. There aren't any really fabulous lyrics or interesting musical ideas here.”
“Young Americans is what you'd expect to get if you took David Bowie to an American recording studio and had the producers give him suggestions on what would make a hit record. It’s a very disco/funk sounding album, and you can tell that he is trying to play to the popular trends in America.”
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