David Bowie - Young Americans [Bonus DVD/Pal]

Title: Young Americans [Bonus DVD/Pal] Artist: David Bowie Release Date: 1975 Re-Released On: 3/27/2007 Label: EMI Music Distribution UPC: 094636951126 Genre: Rock Styles: Soul, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul, Album Rock, Dance-Rock Moods: Brooding, Clinical, Eccentric, Eerie, Stylish, Bravado, Cerebral, Complex, Detached, Dramatic, Elegant, Enigmatic, Exciting, Literate, Lush, Nocturnal, Playful, Provocative, Quirky, Rebellious, Sophisticated, Swaggering, Tense/Anxious, Theatrical, Urgent, Wry, Campy, Hypnotic, Intense, Ironic, Sexy, Yearning, Outrageous, Austere, Elaborate, Refined/Mannered Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. Young Americans
2. Win
3. Fascination
4. Right
5. Somebody Up There Likes Me
6. Across the Universe
7. Can You Hear Me
8. Fame
9. John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)
10. Who Can I Be Now?
11. It's Gonna Be Me [With Strings]

1. Young Americans [DVD]
2. Win [DVD]
3. Fascination [DVD]
4. Right [Audio][Multimedia Track]
5. Somebody Up There Likes Me [DVD]
6. Across the Universe [DVD]
7. Can You Hear Me [Audio][Multimedia Track]
8. Fame [DVD]
9. John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) [DVD]
10. Who Can I Be Now? [Audio][Multimedia Track]
11. It's Gonna Be Me [With Strings][Multimedia Track]
12. 1984 [DVD][Live]
13. Young Americans [DVD][Live]
14. Bonus Material [DVD][*]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2007 CD EMI Music Distribution 369511

No other editions were found for this album.

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. [The 2007 EMI CD/DVD edition features the entire album remixed for Surround (along with the standard, original mixes) as well as bonus video content on DVD.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Name Credits Andy Newmark Drums Anthony Hinton Vocals (Background) Ava Cherry Vocals (Background) Carlos Alomar Guitar Darren Evans Design David Bowie Producer, Interviewee, Mixing, Keyboards, Vocals (Background), Project Coordinator, Author, Vocal Arrangement, Guitar David Buckley Sleeve Notes, Liner Notes David Sanborn Saxophone Dennis Davis Drums Diane Sumler Vocals (Background) Dick Cavett Interviewer Earl Slick Guitar Eric Stephen Jacobs Cover Photo Harry Maslin Mixing, Project Coordinator, Producer Henry Wrenn Meleck Project Coordinator Jean Millington Vocals (Background) Jeanie Fineberg Vocals (Background) Jo Brooks Project Coordinator John Lennon Guitar, Vocals (Background) Kevin Cann Sequencing Luther Vandross Vocals (Background), Vocal Arrangement Michael Carson Keyboards Nigel Reeve Remastering, Digital Remastering, Project Coordinator, Mastering Pablo Rosario Percussion Peter Mew Digital Remastering, Mastering, Remastering Ralph McDonald Percussion Robin Clark Vocals (Background) Steve Schapiro Photography Tony Visconti Surround Mix, Producer, Author, Mixing, Remastering, String Arrangements, Liner Notes Willie Weeks Bass