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David Bowie Young Americans [Japan Reissue] Release Date: 2007 02 20 Label: Toshiba Rating:

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. [A Japanese version of the disc was also released.] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Young Americans	Bowie	5:14
2	Win	Bowie	4:45
3	Fascination	Bowie, Vandross	5:47
4	Right	Bowie	4:18
5	Somebody Up There Likes Me	Bowie	6:32
6	Across the Universe	Lennon, McCartney	4:31
7	Can You Hear Me	Bowie	5:05
8	Fame	Alomar, Bowie, Lennon	4:17

Releases:

Year	Type	Label
2007	CD	Toshiba
	CD	Toshiba EMI
2007	CD	Virgin

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